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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| Pierce Peak (GBR) | 84° 52' 00.0" S | 63° 09' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 110620
Place ID: 11247
rising to c. 1790m NE of Mackin Table, Patuxent Range, Pensacola Mountains, was surveyed from the ground by USGS, 1961-62, and photographed from the air by USN in 1964; named after Chester M. Pierce, USARP biologist, "South Pole Station", summer 1966-67 (USGS sheet SV 11-20/4, 1969; APC, 1974, p.5). |
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| Pierce Peak (USA) | 84° 52' 00.0" S | 63° 09' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 130123
Place ID: 11247
A peak, 1,790 m, standing 2 mi S of Sullivan Peaks at the NE edge of Mackin Table in the Patuxent Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN for Chester M. Pierce who, with Jay T. Shurley, studied the psychophysiology of men while asleep and awake--both before, during, and after sojourns at the South Pole Station, in 1966-67. |
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