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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| Beacon Heights (NZL) | 77° 50' 00.0" S | 160° 50' 00.0" E | Heights |
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Name ID: 112753
Place ID: 1036
A mountain, 7,860 ft. high, between Pyramid Mt. and New Mt. in Victoria Land. Named the geologist, Ferrar, of the NAE, 1901-04, after the Beacon Sandstone found there, which caps the heights. |
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| Beacon Heights (USA) | 77° 50' 00.0" S | 160° 50' 00.0" E | Heights |
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Name ID: 122301
Place ID: 1036
A small cluster of peaks between Beacon Valley and Arena Valley in Quartermain Mountains, Victoria Land, rising to 2,345 m in West Beacon, and also including East Beacon and South Beacon. Named by Hartley J. Ferrar, geologist with the BrNAE (1901-04), after the beacon sandstone which caps these heights. |
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| Fletcher Island (AUS) | 66° 52' 59.9" S | 143° 04' 59.9" E | Island |
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Name ID: 1036
Place ID: 4717
A small, rocky island lying off the coast of George V Land, WSW of Cape Gray. Discovered by AAE (1911-14) under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named it after F D Fletcher, a member of the expedition. |
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