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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| Oberon Peak (GBR) | 71° 23' 00.0" S | 69° 18' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 110415
Place ID: 10510
rising to c. 1170m at head of Uranus Glacier, E Alexander Island, was photographed from the air by RARE in 1947 and mapped from air photographs by FIDS in 1959; in association with the glacier, named after Oberon, one of the satellites of Uranus ([in 71°24'S 69°32'W] APC, 1961, p.3; DOS 710 sheet 14, 1963; Searle, 1963, end map; [co-ordinates corrected from USLANDSAT imagery of January 1973] BAS 250P sheet SR 19-20/13, 1-DOS 1974; APC, 1977, p.24). |
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| Oberon Peak (USA) | 71° 24' 00.0" S | 69° 32' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 129589
Place ID: 10510
Isolated nunatak, 1,250 m, at the head of Uranus Glacier and 8 mi NNW of Titania Peak in central Alexander Island. First mapped from air photos taken by the RARE, 1947-48, by Searle of the FIDS in 1960. Named by the UK-APC for its association with Uranus Glacier, Oberon being one of the satellites of Uranus. |
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