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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| Mount Nestor (GBR) | 64° 25' 00.0" S | 63° 28' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 110335
Place ID: 10181
N-most peak in Achµan Range (q.v.), Anvers Island, rising to c. 1280m, was surveyed by FIDS from "Arthur Harbour" in 1955; in association with other names from Homer's Iliad in this range, named after Nestor, King of Pylos (fl. c. 1200 BC), oldest of the Achµan chieftains in the Trojan War (APC, 1958, p.6; BA chart 3566, 16.x.1959). |
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| Mount Nestor (USA) | 64° 25' 00.0" S | 63° 28' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 129346
Place ID: 10181
Mountain, 1,250 m, the northernmost of the Achaean Range in Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Its W side rises steeply from Marr Ice Piedmont; its E side is a jumble of crevasses and jagged rock pinnacles. Surveyed by the FIDS in 1955 and named by the UK-APC for Nestor, oldest of the Achaean chieftains fighting at Troy in Homer's Iliad. |
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