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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| Orr Peak (AUS) | 83° 30' 00.0" S | 157° 48' 00.0" E | Peak |
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Name ID: 1926
Place ID: 10693
A peak in the Miller Range which falls in vertical cliffs on the eastern side of the Marsh Glacier. Discovered on 26 December 1957, by the Southern Survey Party of the New Zealand component of the TAE (1956-58). Named after H. Orr, IGY scientist at Scott Base in 1957. |
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| Orr Peak (NZL) | 83° 28' 51.8" S | 157° 54' 14.6" E | Peak |
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Name ID: 139979
Place ID: 10693
A peak in the Miller Range overlooking Marsh Glacier, forming the eastern salient in the Augen Bluffs southward of Argo Glacier. |
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| Orr Peak (USA) | 83° 29' 00.0" S | 157° 49' 00.0" E | Peak |
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Name ID: 129710
Place ID: 10693
A peak in the Miller Range overlooking Marsh Glacier, forming the eastern salient in the bluffs southward of Argo Glacier. Observed in December 1957 by the N.Z. Southern Party of the CTAE (1956-58). Named for H. Orr, IGY scientist at Scott Base in 1957. |
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