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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| Fischer Nunatak (AUS) | 67° 43' 48.4" S | 63° 03' 14.0" E | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 1813
Place ID: 4626
A nunatak about 4 km south of Mt. Henderson in Mac.Robertson land. Plotted by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Sørnuten (The South Peak). This feature was the site of a remote weather station established by ANARE in 1955. Renamed by ANARE after H J L Fischer, Cook at Mawson in 1958. |
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| Fischer Nunatak (RUS) | 67° 44' 00.0" S | 63° 03' 00.0" E | Nunatak |
| Name ID: 117989 Place ID: 4626 | |||
| Fischer Nunatak (USA) | 67° 44' 00.0" S | 63° 03' 00.0" E | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 125116
Place ID: 4626
Nunatak, 750 m, standing 2 mi S of Mount Henderson in the NE part of the Framnes Mountains, Mac. Robertson Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Sornuten (the south peak). Renamed by ANARE for H.J.L. Fischer, cook at Mawson Station in 1958. |
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