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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| Postel Nunatak (GBR) | 84° 53' 00.0" S | 67° 46' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 110684
Place ID: 11512
W-most feature in Patuxent Range, Pensacola Mountains, rising to 1450m, was surveyed from the ground by USGS, 1961-62, and photographed from the air by USN in 1964; named after Philip A. Postel, USARP meteorologist, "South Pole Station", winter 1967 (USGS sheet SV 11-20/4, 1969; APC, 1974, p.5). |
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| Postel Nunatak (USA) | 84° 53' 00.0" S | 67° 46' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 130293
Place ID: 11512
A nunatak, 1,450 m, standing 8 mi SW of Snake Ridge along the ice escarpment that trends SW from the ridge, in the Patuxent Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN for Philip A. Postel, meteorologist at South Pole Station, winter 1967. |
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