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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| Bennett Spires (GBR) | 83° 51' 00.0" S | 56° 10' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 107753
Place ID: 1180
rising to 1395m near S end of Washington Escarpment, Pensacola Mountains, were photographed from the air by USN, 1964-65, and surveyed from the ground on USGS Pensacola Mountains Project, 1965-66; named after Staff Sgt. Robert E. Bennett, USAF, radio operator of the Electronic Test Unit in the Pensacola Mountains, 1957-58 (USGS sheet SU 21-25/13, 1969; APC, 1974, p.3). |
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| Bennett Spires (USA) | 83° 51' 00.0" S | 56° 10' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 122412
Place ID: 1180
Two sharp peaks overlooking the head of Jones Valley in the Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN for Staff Sgt. Robert E. Bennett, USAF, radio operator of the Electronic Test Unit in the Pensacola Mountains, summer 1957-58. |
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| Weddell Lake (AUS) | 68° 33' 04.0" S | 78° 06' 14.0" E | Water body |
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Name ID: 1180
Place ID: 15832
A lake in the valley which extends south from Weddell Arm on Broad Peninsula, Vestfold Hills. The lake was one of several lakes investigated by ANARE biologists wintering at Davis in 1974. |
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