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 Whewell (NZL) | 72° 03' 00.0" S | 169° 35' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 114715
Place ID: 15955
A prominent peak standing north-east of Mt Sabine in the Admiralty Range in northern Victoria Land. Discovered on 15 February 1841 by Ross, and named for the Rev Dr M William Whewell, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, and also a member of the 1838 Committee of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, which advocated this Antarctic expedition. |
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| Mount Whewell (USA) | 72° 03' 00.0" S | 169° 35' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 133621
Place ID: 15955
A massive mountain (2,945 m) between the mouths of Ironside and Honeycomb Glaciers in the Admiralty Mountains, Victoria Land. Named by Sir James Clark Ross, Jan. 15, 1841, for the Reverend Dr. William Whewell, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. |
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