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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| Boulder Lake (AUS) | 69° 24' 39.2" S | 76° 23' 34.8" E | Water body |
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Name ID: 1218
Place ID: 1657
A frozen lake, about 2.5 km south of Law Base in the Larsemann Hills. The lake is situated under an overhang of plateau ice, with rock boulders marking the eastern and western shores. Named because of the boulders by the 1986-87 ANARE Field Party. |
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| Mount Berger (GBR) | 75° 03' 00.0" S | 71° 51' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 107764
Place ID: 1218
rising to c. 1500m in Merrick Mountains, was surveyed on USGS Antarctic Peninsula Traverse, 1961-62, and photographed from the air by USN, 1965-66; named after Lt. Cdr. Raymond E. Berger, USN, aircraft pilot who flew the University of Wisconsin traverse party to this area in the 1965-66 season (USGS sketch map Ellsworth Land-Palmer Land, 1969; APC, 1975, p.3; BAS 500P sheet SS 17-20/SE, 1-DOS 1981). |
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| Mount Berger (USA) | 75° 04' 00.0" S | 71° 57' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 122443
Place ID: 1218
A mountain with a steep northern rock face, standing 2 mi NE of Mount Becker in the Merrick Mountains, Ellsworth Land. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1961-67. Named by US-ACAN for Lt. Cdr. Raymond E. Berger, USN, aircraft pilot who flew the University of Wisconsin Traverse Party to this area and flew support missions in its behalf in the 1965-66 season. |
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