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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| Rathbone Hills (GBR) | 71° 39' 00.0" S | 64° 49' 00.0" W | Hill |
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Name ID: 110803
Place ID: 11891
part of Gutenko Mountains (q.v.), N central Palmer Land, rising to c. 1600m, were named after Major David L. Rathbone, USMC, Commander of LC-130 aircraft of USN Squadron VXE-6, ODF, 1970 and 1971 (APC, 1977, p.27; USGS sketch map of Palmer Land (North Part), 1979). |
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| Rathbone Hills (USA) | 71° 39' 00.0" S | 64° 48' 00.0" W | Hill |
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Name ID: 130568
Place ID: 11891
A line of low hills or nunataks, 14 mi long and trending E-W, located 4 mi N of Guthridge Nunataks in the Gutenko Mountains of central Palmer Land. Mapped by USGS in 1974. Named by US-ACAN for Maj. David L. Rathbone, USMC, Commander of LC-130 aircraft in USN Squadron VXE-6 during Operation Deep Freeze, 1970 and 1971. |
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