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)
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Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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Mount Salisbury (USA) | 85° 38' 00.0" S | 153° 37' 00.0" W | Mountain |
Name ID: 131140
Place ID: 12626
An ice-free mountain, 970 m, standing at the W side of the lower Scott Glacier at the S end of the Karo Hills. First seen and roughly mapped by the ByrdAE, 1928-30. Named by US-ACAN for James B. Salisbury who made cosmic radiation studies at McMurdo Station in 1965. |
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