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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| Mount McCue (NZL) | 84° 45' 00.0" S | 174° 41' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 113875
Place ID: 9255
A peak rising to about 2500m, about 5 miles north-west of Mt Wade, in the Prince Olav Mountains of the Queen Maud Range. Discovered by the US Antarctic Services Expedition, 1939-41, on the flight of 29 February - 1 march 1940, and surveyed by A P Crary in 1957/58. Named by Crary for James A McCue, USN radio mechanic, who was in charge of the first Beardmore camp in 1957/58. |
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| Mount McCue (USA) | 84° 45' 00.0" S | 174° 41' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 128642
Place ID: 9255
A peak (1,710 m) standing 5.5 mi NW of Mount Wade in the Prince Olav Mountains. Discovered by the USAS, 1939-41. Surveyed by A.P. Crary (1957-58) and named by him for James A. McCue, USN, radio mechanic, who was in charge of the first Beardmore Camp during the 1957-58 season. |
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