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)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Mount Otis (USA) | 75° 05' 00.0" S | 136° 13' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 129736
Place ID: 10736
A small rocky summit along the N side of Kirkpatrick Glacier. The feature is 1.5 mi SW of Mount Sinha at the SE margin of Erickson Bluffs in McDonald Heights, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by US-ACAN for Jack Otis, member of the biological party that made population studies of seals, whales, and birds in the pack ice of the Bellingshausen and Amundsen Seas using USCGC Southwind and its two helicopters, 1971-72. |
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