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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| Queen Alexandra Range (NZL) | 84° 44' 00.0" S | 168° 00' 00.0" E | Range |
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Name ID: 114182
Place ID: 11772
A range of dome-shaped mountains, intermingled with a few sharp conical peaks, lying west of the Beardmore Glacier at the head of the Ross Ice Shelf. Discovered by the BAE, 1907-09, in December 1908 while on the journey towards the South Pole. Named for Queen Alexandra. Not to be confused with Alexandra Mountains in 77°30' S, 152°00 W. Peaks in the range include Mts Kirkpatrick, Adams, Cloudmaker, Fox, F L Smith, Anne, Elizabeth, Mackellar and Bell. |
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| Queen Alexandra Range (RUS) | 84° 00' 00.0" S | 170° 00' 00.0" E | Range |
| Name ID: 120135 Place ID: 11772 | |||
| Queen Alexandra Range (USA) | 84° 00' 00.0" S | 168° 00' 00.0" E | Range |
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Name ID: 130475
Place ID: 11772
A major mountain range, about 100 mi long, bordering the entire W side of Beardmore Glacier from the Ross Ice Shelf to the polar plateau. Discovered on the journey toward the South Pole by the BrAE (1907-09), and named by Shackleton for Alexandra, Queen of England, 1901-10. |
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