Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Butler Nunataks (AUS) | 68° 03' 55.4" S | 62° 22' 12.7" E | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 1893
Place ID: 2122
A group of rock outcrops of low relief, which have a ridge-like appearance from Mount Twintop in Mac.Robertson Land from which they are about 4 km north. Named after W J Butler, senior diesel mechanic at Mawson in 1967. |
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| Mount Bronk (NZL) | 84° 24' 00.0" S | 175° 46' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 112881
Place ID: 1893
A snow-covered mountain top about 12 miles north-north-east of Mt Kaplan, in the Hughes Range, rising to an elevation of about 3600m. Discovered and photographed by Rear Admiral R E Byrd on the Baselaying Flight of 18 November, 1929, and surveyed by A P Crary in 1957-58. Named by the latter for Dr Detlev W Bronk, President of the US National Academy of the Sciences, which actively supported Antarctic operations during the 1957-59 IGY period. |
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| Mount Bronk (USA) | 84° 24' 00.0" S | 175° 46' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 122969
Place ID: 1893
A snow-covered mountain, 3,530 m, standing 4 mi NE of Mount Waterman in Hughes Range. Discovered and photographed by R. Admiral Byrd on the baselaying flight of Nov. 18, 1929, and surveyed by A.P. Crary in 1957-58. Named by Crary for Detlev W. Bronk, President of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, which actively supported Antarctic operations during the 1957-58 IGY period. |
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