Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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 Phoebe (GBR) | 71° 47' 00.0" S | 68° 47' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 110611
Place ID: 11225
rising to 1040m between the head of Neptune Glacier and Saturn Glacier, E Alexander Island, was photographed from the air by RARE in 1947 and mapped from air photographs by FIDS in 1959; following surveys by BAS, 1961-73, named after Phoebe, one of the satellites of Saturn (Pickering Nunataks, q.v.) (APC, 1975, p.4; BAS 250P sheet SR 19-20/14, 2-DOS 1984). |
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| Mount Phoebe (USA) | 71° 47' 00.0" S | 68° 47' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 130109
Place ID: 11225
A mountain between the head of Neptune Glacier and the Saturn Glacier in eastern Alexander Island. The feature is situated at the junction of four radial ridges. The summit is a small mesa of conglomerate rising 300 m above the surrounding ice. First photographed by Lincoln Ellsworth, Nov. 23, 1935, in the course of a trans-Antarctic flight and plotted from the air photos by W.L.G. Joerg. Named by UK-APC from association with Saturn Glacier after Phoebe, one of the satellites of Saturn. |
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