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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| Musson Nunatak (GBR) | 71° 31' 00.0" S | 63° 27' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 110284
Place ID: 10020
rising to c. 2100m S of Mount Jackson, central Palmer Land, was photographed from the air by USN, 1966-69, and mapped from air photographs by USGS; named after John M. Musson, USN, photographer and member of the aerial mapping crew in LC-130 aircraft of Squadron VXE-6, ODF, 1968-69 (APC, 1977, p.23; USGS sketch map Palmer Land (North Part), 1979). |
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| Musson Nunatak (USA) | 71° 31' 00.0" S | 63° 27' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 129240
Place ID: 10020
A pyramidal nunatak standing 10 mi S of Mount Jackson, at the E margin of the Dyer Plateau of Palmer Land. Mapped by USGS in 1974. Named by US-ACAN for John M. Musson, PH2, USN, photographer and member of the cartographic aerial mapping crew in LC-130 aircraft of Squadron VXE-6, 1968-69. |
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