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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| Berg Peak (NZL) | 71° 32' 00.0" S | 161° 47' 00.0" E | Peak |
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Name ID: 112780
Place ID: 1209
Sharp ice-free peak in the northern part of Morozumi Range. Named by USACAN for Thomas E Berg, geologist who wintered at McMurdo Sound in 1961 and spent three succeeeding summer seasons making patterned ground studies in the area. |
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| Berg Peak (USA) | 71° 32' 00.0" S | 161° 47' 00.0" E | Peak |
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Name ID: 122437
Place ID: 1209
A prominent peak (1,870 m) standing 3 mi S of El Pulgar in northern Morozumi Range. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by US-ACAN for Thomas E. Berg, geologist who wintered at McMurdo Sound in 1961, and spent three succeeding summer seasons making patterned ground studies in the area. Berg perished in the crash of a U.S. Navy helicopter near Mount McLennan, Nov. 19, 1969. |
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| Rumdoodle Lake (AUS) | 67° 46' 03.0" S | 62° 49' 19.0" E | Water body |
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Name ID: 1209
Place ID: 12487
An almost circular permanently frozen lake in the North Masson Range. The lake is about 5.0 ha in area. The ice is 4 m thick over 80 m of water. The lake is adjacent to Rumdoodle Hut. |
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