Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Hump Passage (NZL) | 85° 27' 00.0" S | 170° 12' 00.0" W | Hill |
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Name ID: 113590
Place ID: 6756
This feature lies just east of Barnum Peak and is the gap through which the Liv névé feeds the Liv Glacier and the pass over which Rear-Admiral Byrd made his South Pole flight in 1929. Byrd referred to this pass between the mountains many times in his book "Little America" as the "Hump" and although this name is not descriptive of the feature, it was a historical field name. The Southern Party of the NZGSAE, 1961-62, occupied nearby Barnum Peak and named this feature in order to keep the field name on the map in recognition of the South Pole flight of 1929. |
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| Hump Passage (USA) | 85° 27' 00.0" S | 170° 12' 00.0" W | Hill |
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Name ID: 126836
Place ID: 6756
A wide gap just SE of Barnum Peak, through which Liv Glacier emerges from the polar plateau. It was originally referred to as the "Hump" by R. Admiral Richard E. Byrd and is the pass over which he made his historic South Pole flight of 1929. The feature was observed by the Southern Party of NZGSAE (1961-62) who recommended perpetuation of a form of the original name. |
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