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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| Planet Heights (GBR) | 71° 12' 00.0" S | 68° 40' 00.0" W | Heights |
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Name ID: 110648
Place ID: 11341
extending N-S from Jupiter Glacier to Uranus Glacier, E of Milky Way, E Alexander Island, rising to c. 1650m and including Lunar Crag and Mount Ariel, were photographed from the air by RARE in 1947 and mapped from air photographs by FIDS in 1959; so named in association with the names of planets in this area ([in 71°13'S 68°47'W] APC, 1961, p.3; DOS 710 sheet 14, 1963; Searle, 1963, end map; [co-ordinates corrected from USLANDSAT imagery of January 1973] BAS 250P sheet SR 19-20/14, 1-DOS 1974; APC, 1977, p.26). |
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| Planet Heights (USA) | 71° 13' 00.0" S | 68° 47' 00.0" W | Heights |
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Name ID: 130186
Place ID: 11341
Series of summits along a ridge, extending 24 mi in a N-S direction between the S part of LeMay Range and George VI Sound in the E part of Alexander Island. First mapped from air photos taken by the RARE, 1947-48, by Searle of the FIDS in 1960. Named by the UK-APC from association with the nearby glaciers named for planets. |
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