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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| Wisconsin Range (RUS) | 85° 30' 00.0" S | 125° 00' 00.0" W | Range |
| Name ID: 121417 Place ID: 16157 | |||
| Wisconsin Range (USA) | 85° 45' 00.0" S | 125° 00' 00.0" W | Range |
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Name ID: 133797
Place ID: 16157
A major mountain range of the Horlick Mountains, comprising the Wisconsin Plateau and numerous glaciers, ridges and peaks bounded by the Reedy Glacier, Shimizu Ice Stream, Horlick Ice Stream and the interior ice plateau. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1959-64. Named by US-ACAN for the University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, which has sent numerous researchers to Antarctica. |
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