Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Mount Press (RUS) | 78° 05' 00.0" S | 85° 58' 00.0" W | Mountain |
| Name ID: 120069 Place ID: 11575 | |||
| Mount Press (USA) | 78° 05' 00.0" S | 85° 58' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 130341
Place ID: 11575
A mountain (3,830 m) just E of the main ridge of the Sentinel Range and 3.5 mi ENE of Mount Bentley, in the Ellsworth Mountains. Mapped by the Marie Byrd Land Traverse Party (1957-58) led by C.R. Bentley, and named for Frank Press, vice chairman of the technical panel on glaciology of the U.S. National Committee for the IGY; later (1977- ) White House Science Advisor. |
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