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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Peters Bastion (GBR) | 70° 26' 00.0" S | 62° 52' 00.0" W | Buttress |
Name ID: 110589
Place ID: 11152
rising to c. 1250m on S side of Clifford Glacier, Wilkins Coast, was photographed from the air by USN in 1966 and surveyed from the ground by BAS from "Stonington Island", 1972-73; named after Cdr Vernon W. Peters, USN, Commanding Officer, Squadron VXE-6, ODF, 1974 (BAS 250 sheet SR 19-20/12, 1-DOS 1976; APC, 1977, p.26). |
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Peters Bastion (USA) | 70° 27' 00.0" S | 62° 54' 00.0" W | Buttress |
Name ID: 130057
Place ID: 11152
The large, mainly ice-free mountain forming the northernmost summit of the Eland Mountains, in Palmer Land. Mapped by USGS in 1974. Named by US-ACAN for Cdr. Vernon W. Peters, USN, Commanding Officer of Squadron VXE-6 in Antarctica during Operation Deep Freeze, 1974. |
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