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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| Rockefeller Mountains (NZL) | 78° 00' 00.0" S | 155° 00' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 114256
Place ID: 12267
A group of about 13 low-lying, scattered granite peaks and ridges almost entirely snow-covered, lying in the interior of King Edward VII Land. Discovered on 26 January 1929 by the Byrd AE, 1928-30, and named by Byrd for John D Rockefeller (jun), a patron of the expedition. The peaks include Mts Paterson, Nilsen, Breckinridge, and Helen Washington. |
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| Rockefeller Mountains (RUS) | 77° 45' 00.0" S | 155° 30' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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| Rockefeller Mountains (USA) | 78° 00' 00.0" S | 155° 00' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 130877
Place ID: 12267
A group of low-lying, scattered granite peaks and ridges, almost entirely snow covered, standing 30 mi SSW of the Alexandra Mountains on Edward VII Peninsula. Discovered by the ByrdAE on Jan. 27, 1929, and named by Byrd for John D. Rockefeller, Jr., a patron of the expedition. |
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