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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Saxton Ridge (AUS) | 70° 37' 33.0" S | 66° 52' 24.0" E | Ridge |
Name ID: 2306
Place ID: 12776
A mountain ridge just south of Thomson Massif in the Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1956. Named after Richard A Saxton, Officer-in-Charge at Wilkes in 1963. |
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Saxton Ridge (USA) | 70° 37' 00.0" S | 66° 52' 00.0" E | Ridge |
Name ID: 131235
Place ID: 12776
A mountain ridge just S of Thomson Massif in the Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE air photos taken in 1956. Named by ANCA for R.A. Saxton, officer in charge at Wilkes Station in 1963. |
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