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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| Richardson Hill (AUS) | 79° 48' 00.0" S | 156° 40' 00.1" E | Hill |
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Name ID: 714
Place ID: 12111
A nunatak 13 km north-east of Mount Ellis in the Darwin Mountains, rising to about 500 m above the Darwin Glacier in the vicinity of Island Arena. Discovered by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expeditions (1962-63). Named after Professor L.R. Richardson of the Victoria University of Wellington, an active supporter of the Universities Antarctic expeditions. |
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| Richardson Hill (NZL) | 79° 47' 36.0" S | 156° 41' 11.8" E | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 139958
Place ID: 12111
An ice-free hill that rises above the ice of Island Arena on the north side of the Darwin Mountains. It is the 'Island' in the Arena. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MN04 |
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| Richardson Hill (USA) | 79° 48' 00.0" S | 156° 40' 00.0" E | Hill |
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Name ID: 130748
Place ID: 12111
An ice-free hill which rises above the ice of Island Arena on the N side of the Darwin Mountains. Mapped and named by the VUWAE (1962-63), for Prof. L.R. Richardson of the Victoria University of Wellington, N.Z., an active supporter of the University's Antarctic expeditions. |
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