Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
SCAR Gazetteer Information: Each place can have one or more entries in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer, dependant on its origin. By viewing an individual entry, you may see multiple references to the same place. SCAR uses a more general feature type coding, so each place will, in general, have multiple feature types.
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Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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Mount Wade (NZL) | 84° 51' 00.0" S | 174° 19' 00.0" W | Mountain |
Name ID: 114665
Place ID: 15632
A mountain massif, about 4572m high, in the Prince Olav Mountains of the Queen Maud Range, dominating the stern flank of Shackleton Glacier at the head of the Ross Ice Shelf. Sighted on the Byrd AE, 1928-30, in November 1929. Named by the US Special Committee on Antarctic Names, 1943-47, for Dr F Alton Wade, scientist and geologist of the Byrd AE, 1933-35, and senior scientist at the West Base of the US Antarctic Services Expedition, 1939-41. |
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Mount Wade (RUS) | 84° 50' 00.0" S | 174° 05' 00.0" W | Mountain |
Name ID: 121278 Place ID: 15632 | |||
Mount Wade (USA) | 84° 51' 00.0" S | 174° 19' 00.0" W | Mountain |
Name ID: 133340
Place ID: 15632
A massive mountain (4,085 m) which is a most distinctive landmark in its region, standing 4 mi NW of Mount Campbell in the Prince Olav Mountains. The feature is easily viewed from positions on Shackleton Glacier or the Ross Ice Shelf. Discovered and photographed by R. Admiral Byrd on flights to the Queen Maud Mountains in November 1929. Named by US-SCAN after F. Alton Wade (1903-78), geologist with the ByrdAE (1933-35), senior scientist at West Base of the USAS (1939-41), and leader of two Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Parties (1962-63 and 1964-65) to this vicinity; Senior Scientist USARP Marie Byrd Land Survey, 1966-67 and 1967-68. |
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