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 Newman (GBR) | 69° 11' 00.0" S | 71° 26' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 110346
Place ID: 10222
rising to c. 1150m in NE Havre Mountains (q.v.), N Alexander Island, following survey by BAS from "Fossil Bluff", 1975-76, was named after John Newman (b. 1946), BAS Diesel mechanic, Adelaide, 1968-69, "Stonington Island", 1969-70 and 1972-74, who was instrumental in modifying BAS motor sledges, first used successfully as replacements for dog teams on this survey (APC, 1980, p.4). |
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| Mount Newman (USA) | 69° 11' 00.0" S | 71° 26' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 129379
Place ID: 10222
Mountain rising to c. 1,150 m in NE Havre Mountains, N Alexander Island. Surveyed by BAS, 1975-76. Named by UK-APC in 1980 after John Newman, BAS Diesel mechanic, Adelaide, 1968-69; Stonington Island, 1969-70 and 1972-74; who was instrumental in modifying BAS motor sledges, first used successfully as replacements for dog teams on this survey. |
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