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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| Ritala Spur (GBR) | 83° 07' 00.0" S | 48° 57' 00.0" W | Spur |
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Name ID: 110888
Place ID: 12182
extending NE and rising to c.1000m on E side of Lexington Table, Forrestal Range, Pensacola Mountains, was photographed from the air by USN in 1964; following field work by USGS from 1965, named after Keith D. Ritala, of the University of California, Los Angeles, USARP geophysicist, "South Pole Station", 1972 (APC, 1980, p.5). |
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| Ritala Spur (USA) | 83° 07' 00.0" S | 48° 57' 00.0" W | Spur |
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Name ID: 130804
Place ID: 12182
A mostly snow-covered spur extending NE from the E side of Lexington Table, Forrestal Range, in the Pensacola Mountains (q.v.). Named by US-ACAN in 1979 after Keith D. Ritala, USARP geophysicist who conducted gravity research at South Pole Station, winter party 1972. |
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