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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| Pickering Nunataks (GBR) | 71° 49' 00.0" S | 68° 57' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 110617
Place ID: 11240
rising to c. 500m near head of Saturn Glacier, E Alexander Island, following surveys by BAS, 1961-73, were named, in association with the glacier, after William Henry Pickering (1858-1938), American astronomer who in 1899 discovered Phoebe, one of the satellites of Saturn (Mount Phoebe, q.v.) (APC, 1975, p.4; BAS 250P sheet SR 19-20/14, 2-DOS 1984). |
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| Pickering Nunataks (USA) | 71° 49' 00.0" S | 68° 57' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 130117
Place ID: 11240
A group of nunataks lying 2 mi SW of Mount Phoebe and on the NE side of Saturn Glacier, in eastern Alexander Island. The nunataks were photographed by Lincoln Ellsworth, Nov. 23, 1935, in the course of a trans-Antarctic flight and were plotted from the air photos by W.L.G. Joerg. Named by UK-APC from association with Saturn Glacier after William H. Pickering (1858-1938), the American astronomer who discovered Phoebe, one of the satellites of Saturn. |
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