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 Noble (RUS) | 60° 39' 00.0" S | 45° 16' 00.0" W | Mountain |
| Name ID: 119674 Place ID: 10325 | |||
| Mount Noble (GBR) | 60° 39' 00.0" S | 45° 16' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 110367
Place ID: 10325
rising to 1165m W of Gibbon Bay, E Coronation Island, was roughly mapped by Weddell, 13 January 1823, and named Noble's Peak after his friend James Noble of Edinburgh, an orientalist (Weddell, 1825a, p.21). Pic Noble (Weddell, 1825b, p.272). Noble Peak (USHO, 1894, p.438; BA, 1916, p.415). Cerro Noble (Argentina. MM chart 31, 1930; Pierrou, 1970, p.550). The feature was charted by DI in 1933. Mount Noble (BA chart 1775, 17.viii.1934; APC, 1955, p.16; DOS 510 South Orkney Islands, West Sheet, 1963). The feature was surveyed by FIDS from Signy, 1956-58. Mount Nobel [sic] (BA, 1974, p.153). |
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| Mount Noble (USA) | 60° 39' 00.0" S | 45° 16' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 129447
Place ID: 10325
Mountain, 1,165 m, standing at the N side of Roald Glacier 2 mi W of Gibbon Bay, in the E portion of Coronation Island in the South Orkney Islands. Presumably first sighted by Capt. Nathaniel Palmer and Capt. George Powell in 1821. The peak was named by James Weddell in 1823 for his friend James Noble of Edinburgh, orientalist. |
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| Noble, cerro (ARG) | 60° 37' 00.0" S | 45° 16' 00.0" W | Mountain |
| Name ID: 101690 Place ID: 10325 | |||
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