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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| Rawson Mountains (NZL) | 86° 43' 00.0" S | 154° 40' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 114202
Place ID: 11905
A crescent-shaped range of tabular, ice-covered mountains about 16 miles long which rise to about 2700m high, standing south-east of the south-east end of the Thorvald Nilsen Mountains and terminating in Mt Wyatt. Discovered in December 1934 by the Geological Party, led by Blackburn, of the Byrd AE, 1933-35. Named by Byrd for Frederick H Rawson, American banker and contributor to the Byrd AE of 1928-30 and 1933-35. |
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| Rawson Mountains (RUS) | 87° 05' 00.0" S | 152° 00' 00.0" W | Mountain |
| Name ID: 120165 Place ID: 11905 | |||
| Rawson Mountains (USA) | 86° 43' 00.0" S | 154° 40' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 130581
Place ID: 11905
A crescent-shaped range of tabular, ice-covered mountains including Fuller Dome, Mount Wyatt and Mount Verlautz, standing SE of Nilsen Plateau and extending SE for 18 mi to the W side of Scott Glacier. Discovered in December 1934 by the ByrdAE geological party under Quin Blackburn, and named by Byrd for Frederick H. Rawson, American banker and contributor to the Byrd Antarctic Expeditions of 1928-30 and 1933-35. |
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