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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Pardue Peak (USA) | 79° 06' 00.0" S | 86° 30' 00.0" W | Peak |
Name ID: 129848
Place ID: 10893
The northernmost peak, 1,840 m, on Smith Ridge in the Founders Peaks, Heritage Range. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1961-66. Named by US-ACAN for Lt. A. Michael Pardue, (MC) USN, Flight Surgeon with Squadron VX-6 in Antarctica in 1960-61. |
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