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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| Henry Nunataks (GBR) | 75° 08' 00.0" S | 72° 36' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 109276
Place ID: 6272
rising to c. 1500m W of Merrick Mountains, were surveyed on USGS Antarctic Peninsula traverse, 1961-62, and photographed from the air by USN, 1965-67; named after K.C. Henry, USARP engineman, "Eights Station", winter 1963 (USGS sketch map Ellsworth Land-Palmer Land, 1969; APC, 1975, p.4; BAS 500P sheet SS 17-20/SE, 1-DOS 1981). |
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| Henry Nunataks (USA) | 75° 08' 00.0" S | 72° 36' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 126444
Place ID: 6272
A cluster of nunataks located 6 mi W of the Merrick Mountains in eastern Ellsworth Land. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1961-67. Named by US-ACAN for K.C. Henry, engineman with the Eights Station winter party in 1963. |
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