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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Young Nunataks (AUS) | 66° 43' 59.9" S | 54° 07' 59.9" E | Nunatak |
Name ID: 1860
Place ID: 16383
A group of nunataks, south of Mount Elkins in the Napier Mountains, Enderby Land. Plotted from air photographs taken by ANARE in 1956. Named after William F. Young, electrical fitter at Mawson in 1961. |
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Young Nunataks (RUS) | 66° 43' 00.0" S | 54° 03' 00.0" E | Nunatak |
Name ID: 121454 Place ID: 16383 | |||
Young Nunataks (USA) | 66° 44' 00.0" S | 54° 08' 00.0" E | Nunatak |
Name ID: 133936
Place ID: 16383
Group of nunataks in the Napier Mountains standing 2 mi S of Mount Elkins. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. Remapped from aerial photos taken by ANARE in 1956 and named for W.F. Young, electrical fitter at Mawson Station in 1961. |
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