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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Colbeck Archipelago (AUS) | 67° 24' 50.8" S | 61° 00' 17.6" E | Archipelago |
Name ID: 10
Place ID: 2816
Numerous rocky islands near Byrd Head, Mac.Robertson Land. |
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Mount Abbs (AUS) | 70° 35' 30.0" S | 66° 37' 22.0" E | Mountain |
Name ID: 1449
Place ID: 10
The most prominent peak in the central part of the Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains. It has an almost vertical face on the northern side. Shaped like a truncated pyramid, it is 4 km long in an east-west direction and 2 km north-south. Situated about 18 km SSE of Mt. McCarthy and discovered by the ANARE southern party led by W.G. Bewsher in December, 1956. Named after Gordon Abbs, radio operator at Mawson in 1956. |
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Mount Abbs (RUS) | 70° 36' 00.0" S | 66° 36' 00.0" E | Mountain |
Name ID: 116725 Place ID: 10 | |||
Mount Abbs (USA) | 70° 35' 00.0" S | 66° 38' 00.0" E | Mountain |
Name ID: 121538
Place ID: 10
The most prominent peak (2,135 m) in the central part of Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains, situated just W of Thomson Massif. Discovered by ANARE southern party led by W.G. Bewsher in December 1956. Named by ANCA for Gordon Abbs, radio operator at Mawson Station in 1956. |
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