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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| Watson Nunatak (AUS) | 67° 57' 58.7" S | 62° 44' 25.4" E | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 1826
Place ID: 15777
A nunatak, about 1,170 m high, between Prince Nunatak and Van Hulssen Nunatak in Mac.Robertson Land. This feature was used as a trigonometrical station by Max J. Corry, surveyor at Mawson in 1965. K.D. Watson, diesel mechanic at Mawson in 1965 |
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| Watson Nunatak (USA) | 67° 58' 00.0" S | 62° 45' 00.0" E | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 133468
Place ID: 15777
Nunatak standing between Price and Van Hulssen Nunataks in the Trilling Peaks, Framnes Mountains, in Mac. Robertson Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. Named by ANCA for K.D. Watson, diesel mechanic at Mawson Station, who assisted in the Framnes Mountains--Depot Peak survey by ANARE in 1965. |
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