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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| DeWitt Nunatak (GBR) | 84° 49' 00.0" S | 67° 40' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 108503
Place ID: 3606
rising to 1295m in W Patuxent Range, Pensacola Mountains, was surveyed from the ground by USGS in 1961-62 and photographed from the air by USN in 1964; named after Steven R. DeWitt, USARP meteorologist, "Palmer Station", winter 1966 (USGS sheet SV 11-20/14, 1969; APC, 1982, p.3). Dewitt [sic] Nunatak, in error (APC, 1974, p.3). |
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| DeWitt Nunatak (USA) | 84° 49' 00.0" S | 67° 42' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 124329
Place ID: 3606
A nunatak, 1,295 m, along the face of an ice escarpment 7 mi W of Snake Ridge, in the Patuxent Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN for Steven R. DeWitt, meteorologist at Palmer Station, winter 1966. |
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