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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| Mount Queer (RUS) | 77° 09' 00.0" S | 161° 44' 00.0" E | Mountain |
| Name ID: 120139 Place ID: 11780 | |||
| Queer Mountain (NZL) | 77° 08' 00.0" S | 161° 48' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 114186
Place ID: 11780
A mountain, about 3400 ft high, standing at the head of the Miller Glacier, about 1 mile west of Killer Ridge in Victoria Land. It is a conspicuous black nunatak with steep slopes showing bands of sandstone above the granite. Charted in January 1912 by Debenham, of the BAE, 1910 - 13. Named because it was surrounded by glacier and had nearly every rock in the district, including coal beds, represented on its cliffs. |
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| Queer Mountain (USA) | 77° 08' 00.0" S | 161° 45' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 130483
Place ID: 11780
A conspicuous black mountain (1,180 m) with steep slopes showing bands of sandstone above the granite, standing 1 mi W of Killer Ridge, between the Cotton and Miller Glaciers, in Victoria Land. Mapped by the BrAE (1910-13) and so named because, though surrounded by glacier, it has nearly every rock in the district, including coal beds, represented on its cliffs. |
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