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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| Pickering Nunatak (AUS) | 71° 25' 00.1" S | 71° 00' 00.0" E | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 1687
Place ID: 11239
A prominent, solitary nunatak at the eastern edge of the Amery Ice Shelf. Discovered on 2 November, 1957, during a flight by an ANARE Beaver aircraft over the Amery Ice Shelf. Named after Flight Sergeant R. Pickering, RAAF, of the Antarctic Flight at Mawson in 1957. |
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| Pickering Nunatak (RUS) | 71° 24' 00.0" S | 71° 00' 00.0" E | Nunatak |
| Name ID: 119956 Place ID: 11239 | |||
| Pickering Nunatak (USA) | 71° 24' 00.0" S | 70° 47' 00.0" E | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 130116
Place ID: 11239
A prominent nunatak at the E side of the mouth of Lambert Glacier, situated 20 mi SSW of Manning Nunataks. Sighted on a flight by an ANARE Beaver aircraft over the Amery Ice Shelf on Nov. 2, 1957. Named by ANCA for Flight Sgt. R. Pickering of the RAAF Antarctic Flight at Mawson Station, 1957. |
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