Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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 Nash (RUS) | 74° 15' 00.0" S | 62° 25' 00.0" W | Mountain |
Name ID: 119588 Place ID: 10097 | |||
Mount Nash (GBR) | 74° 14' 00.0" S | 62° 21' 00.0" W | Mountain |
Name ID: 110299
Place ID: 10097
one of the Hutton Mountains (q.v.), Lassiter Coast, rising to c. 1300m, was seen from the air by RARE as one of several "rock exposures" at the head of Keller Inlet (Ronne, 1948b, p.372) and named after Henry R. Nash, of the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pa, a contributor to RARE ([in c. 74°16'S 62°00'W] AGS map, 1948; Ronne, 1948b, p.390). Following survey by FIDS-RARE from "Stonington Island" in December 1947, the name was applied to the most prominent peak near the head of Keller Inlet (BA chart 3175, 12.xi.1954; APC, 1955, p.15; DOS 601 sheet W 74 62, 1958; USGS sketch map Ellsworth Land-Palmer Land, 1969; BAS 500P sheet SS 17-20/SE, 1981). Monte Nash (Argentina. MM chart 121, 1954). Mount Mc Elroy (q.v.), in error (USHO chart V30-SP6, 1959). Gora Nash (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). The mountain was photographed from the air by USN, 1965-67, and mapped from air photographs by USGS. |
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Mount Nash (USA) | 74° 14' 00.0" S | 62° 20' 00.0" W | Mountain |
Name ID: 129284
Place ID: 10097
Mountain, 1,295 m, standing 13 mi WNW of the head of Keller lnlet and 12 mi NNE of Mount Owen, on the E coast of Palmer Land. Discovered by the RARE, 1947-48, under Ronne, who named it for H.R. Nash, of Pittsburgh, PA, a contributor to the expedition. |
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Nash, monte (ARG) | 74° 14' 00.0" S | 62° 21' 00.0" W | Mountain |
Name ID: 101647 Place ID: 10097 | |||
Nash, Monte (CHL) | 74° 14' 00.0" S | 62° 20' 00.0" W | Mountain |
Name ID: 135045
Place ID: 10097
Descubierto por el RARE al mando del capitán de fragata Finne Ronne, 1947-1948, quien le dio el nombre por el apellido de H. Nash, de Pittsburgh, Pensilvania, persona que contribuyó a la expedición. Monte de aproximadamente 1.280 metros de elevación, que se levanta a unas 13 millas al WNW de la ensenada Keller y a 12 millas al NNE del monte Owen, en la costa E de la península Tierra de O'Higgins. |
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