Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Mount Riiser-Larsen (AUS) | 66° 46' 17.7" S | 50° 46' 12.8" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 1609
Place ID: 12148
A prominent peak of the Tula Mountains, on the eastern side of Amundsen Bay in Enderby Land. Discovered on 13 or 14 January, 1930, by BANZARE (1929-31). Named lby Sir Douglas Mawson after Capt. Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen, leader of a Norwegian expedition in the Norvegia (1929-30), which also explored the area. An ANARE party led by Phillip Law made a landing from a motor-launch at the foot of the mountain on 14 February, 1958. |
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| Mount Riiser-Larsen (RUS) | 66° 46' 00.0" S | 50° 40' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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| Mount Riiser-Larsen (USA) | 66° 47' 00.0" S | 50° 40' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 130778
Place ID: 12148
Prominent mountain, 870 m, standing at the NW end of the Tula Mountains on the E side of Amundsen Bay. Named by the BANZARE under Mawson, in January 1930, for Capt. Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen, leader of a Norwegian expedition in the Norvegia which also explored the area in that season. |
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