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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| Priestley Peak (AUS) | 67° 12' 00.0" S | 50° 22' 59.9" E | Peak |
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Name ID: 1921
Place ID: 11597
A prominent peak in the Scott Mountains, Enderby Land. Discovered on 14 January, 1930, by BANZARE (1929-31) under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named it after Sir Raymond Priestley, a member of Scott's last expedition (1910-13). |
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| Priestley Peak (RUS) | 67° 12' 00.0" S | 50° 20' 00.0" E | Peak |
| Name ID: 120079 Place ID: 11597 | |||
| Priestley Peak (USA) | 67° 12' 00.0" S | 50° 23' 00.0" E | Peak |
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Name ID: 130357
Place ID: 11597
Peak between Mount Pardoe and Mount Tod on the S side of Amundsen Bay in Enderby Land. Sighted on Jan. 14, 1930, by BANZARE under Mawson, who named it for Sir Raymond Priestley, a member of the BrAE, 1910-13. |
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