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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| Observation Hill (NZL) | 77° 51' 00.0" S | 166° 40' 00.0" E | Hill |
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Name ID: 114039
Place ID: 10526
A conical hill, 220m high, surmounting Cape Armitage, at the south end of Hut Point Peninsula on Ross Island. Discovered by the NAE, 1901-04, and so named in February 1902 because it forms an excellent lookout station. It was on this hill that the memorial cross to Captain Scott and his companions was erected in January 1913. |
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| Observation Hill (RUS) | 77° 51' 00.0" S | 166° 41' 00.0" E | Hill |
| Name ID: 119736 Place ID: 10526 | |||
| Observation Hill (USA) | 77° 51' 00.0" S | 166° 40' 00.0" E | Hill |
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Name ID: 129597
Place ID: 10526
Conical hill, 230 m, surmounting Cape Armitage at the S end of Hut Point Peninsula on Ross Island. Discovered by the BrNAE, 1901-04, under Scott, and so named because it forms an excellent lookout station. |
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