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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| Rogers Peaks (USA) | 72° 15' 00.0" S | 24° 31' 00.0" E | Peak |
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Name ID: 130896
Place ID: 12291
Small group of peaks standing just SW of Dufek Mountain in the Sor Rondane Mountains. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1957 from air photos taken by USN Operation HighJump, 1946-47, and named for Lt. Cdr. William J. Rogers, Jr. USN, plane commander of one of the three aerial crews of USN Operation HighJump which flew photographic flights in this and other coastal areas between 14 and 164 East longitude. |
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| Rogerstoppane (NOR) | 72° 18' 00.0" S | 24° 23' 30.0" E | Peak |
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Name ID: 115845
Place ID: 12291
Partly snowcapped mountain in S and middle part of Sør-Rondane. After lieutenant Cdr. William J. Rogers Jr, plane commander of one of the three aerial crews of USN Operation Highjump which flew photographic flights in this and other coastal areas between 14° and 164° E, 1946-47. |
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