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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| Robinson Heights (NZL) | 71° 22' 00.0" S | 166° 40' 00.0" E | Heights |
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Name ID: 114253
Place ID: 12244
Rocky heights some 25 miles long, surmounting the east side of the head of Ebbe Glacier at the west end of the Admiralty Mountains. Named by the US ACAN for Edwin A Robinson, geophysicist, McMurdo winter party 1960; participated in three traverses; leader of South Pole Station Traverse, 1962-63. |
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| Robinson Heights (USA) | 71° 22' 00.0" S | 166° 40' 00.0" E | Heights |
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Name ID: 130861
Place ID: 12244
The mainly ice-covered heights (2,170 m), elliptical in plan and 15 mi long, which rise S of Anare Pass and form the NW end of the Admiralty Mountains. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy photography, 1960-63. Named by US-ACAN for Edwin S. Robinson, USARP geophysicist at McMurdo Sound in 1960. He participated in a number of geophysical traverses, including his leadership of the South Pole Station Traverse, 1962-63. |
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