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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| Lichen Lake (AUS) | 68° 28' 32.9" S | 78° 25' 08.8" E | Water body |
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Name ID: 1183
Place ID: 8418
A lake about 1 km long, constricted in the middle, in Lichen Valley, Vestfold Hills. The lake was one of several lakes investigated by ANARE biologists wintering at Davis in 1974. |
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| Mount Bennett (NZL) | 84° 49' 00.0" S | 178° 55' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 112775
Place ID: 1183
A snow-covered knob-type mountain, about 3000m high, lying in the northern portion of Anderson Heights, in the Bush Mountains of the Queen Maud Range. Discovered and photographed by the USASE, 1939-41, on Flight C of 29 February - 1 March 1940, and surveyed by A P Crary in 1957-58. Named by him for Hugh Bennett, seismologist of the US Ross Ice Shelf Traverse Party in 1957-58. |
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| Mount Bennett (RUS) | 84° 48' 00.0" S | 179° 45' 00.0" W | Mountain |
| Name ID: 117054 Place ID: 1183 | |||
| Mount Bennett (USA) | 84° 49' 00.0" S | 178° 55' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 122415
Place ID: 1183
A prominent mountain (3,090 m) about 3 mi E of Mount Boyd, surmounting the W part of Anderson Heights, Queen Maud Mountains. Discovered by the USAS (1939-41), and surveyed by the U.S. Ross Ice Shelf Traverse Party (1957-58) led by A.P. Crary. Named by Crary for Hugh Bennett, seismologist with the party. |
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