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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| Pythagoras Peak (AUS) | 66° 58' 59.9" S | 51° 21' 00.0" E | Peak |
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Name ID: 1977
Place ID: 11743
The highest feature of the central Tula Mountains, having a prominent notched peak, the eastern aspect being a right-angled triangle with a perpendicular northern face. This feature was photographed from Mt. Riiser-Larsen by ANARE led by Phillip Law in February, 1958, but was first visited and surveyed in December, 1958 by G.A. Knuckey, ANARE surveyor, during a dog-sledge journey from Amundsen Bay to Mawson. Named after Pythagoras, Greek philosopher, whose theorem concerning a right-angled triangle is well known. |
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| Pythagoras Peak (RUS) | 67° 00' 00.0" S | 51° 20' 00.0" E | Peak |
| Name ID: 120134 Place ID: 11743 | |||
| Pythagoras Peak (USA) | 66° 59' 00.0" S | 51° 20' 00.0" E | Peak |
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Name ID: 130458
Place ID: 11743
Highest peak, 1,275 m, in the central Tula Mountains, standing along the N side of Beaver Glacier, 8 mi SE of Mount Storer. The peak has a prominent notch, the eastern aspect being a right-angled triangle with a perpendicular northern face. It was photographed from Mount Riiser-Larsen in February 1958 by ANARE led by Phillip Law, but was first visited and surveyed in December 1958 by G.A. Knuckey, ANARE surveyor. Named by ANCA after Pythagoras, Greek philosopher, whose theorem concerning a right-angled triangle is well known. |
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