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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| Ogden Heights (NZL) | 73° 58' 00.0" S | 161° 40' 00.0" E | Heights |
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Name ID: 114043
Place ID: 10563
Peaks on the southern side of the Priestley Glacier, between Tantalus Peak and Foolsmate Glacier, near where the Southern Party of the NZGSAE, 1962-63, was landed. Named by them for J Ogden, Pilot, USN, who airlifted the party to this point, flew in their resupply, and later flew the party back to base at the end of the season. |
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| Ogden Heights (USA) | 73° 58' 00.0" S | 161° 40' 00.0" E | Heights |
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Name ID: 129617
Place ID: 10563
Flattish, mainly ice-covered heights, about 7 mi long, forming a part of the S wall of upper Priestley Glacier to the SE of Tantalus Peak, Victoria Land. The heights are near where the southern party of the NZGSAE, 1962-63, was landed. Named by them for Lt. John H. Ogden, USN, pilot who airlifted the party to this point, flew in their resupply, and later flew the party back to base at the end of the season. |
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