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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| Fletcher Nunataks (GBR) | 74° 55' 00.0" S | 72° 47' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 108841
Place ID: 4720
Two nunataks rising to c. 1,450 m.a.s.l. ESE of Lyon Nunataks in the Grossman Nunataks, southern Palmer Land. Photographed by USN, 1965-68, and Landsat imagery 1973-74. Named after James B. Fletcher, USGS cartographic technician, South Pole station, 1972-73 and who, with Kenneth Barker (Barker Nunatak, q.v.), formed the USGS satellite surveying team at South Pole Station, winter party 1977. |
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| Fletcher Nunataks (USA) | 74° 54' 00.0" S | 72° 47' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 125195
Place ID: 4720
Two nunataks lying 2.2 mi SW of Barker Nunatak in the Grossman Nunataks, Ellsworth Land. Mapped by USGS from USN aerial photographs taken 1965-68 and Landsat imagery taken 1973-74. Named by US-ACAN after James B. Fletcher, USGS cartographic technician who, with Kenneth Barker (Barker Nunatak, q.v.), formed the USGS satellite surveying team at South Pole Station, winter party 1977. |
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