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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| Pearce Peak (AUS) | 67° 48' 31.1" S | 61° 10' 30.8" E | Peak |
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Name ID: 1933
Place ID: 11001
A partially snow-covered ridge, which appears as a peak when viewed from the north, about 6 km south of Moyes Peak, in Mac.Robertson Land. Discovered on 18 February, 1931, by BANZARE under Sir Douglas Mawson. Named after Sir George Pearce, Vice-President of the Executive Council, Chairman of the Australian Antarctic Committee, 1929. |
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| Pearce Peak (USA) | 67° 48' 00.0" S | 61° 12' 00.0" E | Peak |
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Name ID: 129942
Place ID: 11001
A partially snow-covered ridge, 1,200 m, which appears as a peak when viewed from the N, standing 2 mi S of Moyes Peak and 15 mi SSW of Falla Bluff. Discovered in February 1931 by the BANZARE under Mawson, who named it for Sir George Pearce, Chairman of the Australian Antarctic Committee, 1929. |
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