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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| The Portal (AUS) | 78° 00' 00.0" S | 159° 30' 00.0" E | Portal |
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Name ID: 2217
Place ID: 11488
The gap between the Lashly Mountains and Portal Mountain, through which the main stream of the Skelton Glacier enters the Skelton Névé from the Polar Plateau. Discovered and named in January, 1958 by a party from the New Zealand component of the TAE (1956-58). |
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| The Portal (NZL) | 78° 02' 00.0" S | 159° 45' 00.0" E | Pass |
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Name ID: 140020
Place ID: 11488
The gap between the Lashly Mountains and Portal Mountain, through which the main stream of Skelton Glacier enters Skelton Névé from the polar plateau. |
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| The Portal (USA) | 78° 02' 00.0" S | 159° 45' 00.0" E | |
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Name ID: 130272
Place ID: 11488
The gap between the Lashly Mountains and Portal Mountain, through which the main stream of the Skelton Glacier enters the Skelton neve from the polar plateau. The descriptive name was given in January 1958 by a New Zealand party of the CTAE, 1956-58. |
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