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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| Herbert Mountains (RUS) | 80° 25' 00.0" S | 25° 30' 00.0" W | Mountain |
| Name ID: 118434 Place ID: 6278 | |||
| Herbert Mountains (GBR) | 80° 20' 00.0" S | 25° 30' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 109279
Place ID: 6278
in Shackleton Range to S of Slessor Glacier and Mount Sheffield, bounded to E by Bernhardi Heights, to S by Shotton Snowfield and to W by Gordon Glacier, and including from N to S Charpentier Pyramid, Maclaren Monolith, Venetz Peak and Mount Absalom (1645m), were partially surveyed by TAE in October 1957 and named after Sir Edwin Savory Herbert (later Baron Tang- ley of Blackheath) (1899-1973), member of the Committee of Management and Chairman, Finance Committee, TAE; President of the Alpine Club, 1953-55 (APC, 1962, p.16; DOS 610 sheet W 80 24/26, 1963). Gory Kherbert (Soviet Union. AA, 1966, Pl.24). The mountains were photographed from the air by USN in 1967 and resurveyed from the ground by BAS from Halley, 1968-71. |
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| Herbert Mountains (USA) | 80° 20' 00.0" S | 25° 30' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 126450
Place ID: 6278
Conspicuous group of rock summits on the E side of Gordon Glacier in the Shackleton Range. First mapped in 1957 by the CTAE and named for Sir Edwin S. Herbert, Chairman of the Finance Committee and Member of the Committee of Management of the CTAE, 1955-58. |
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