Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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Scaife Mountains (RUS) | 75° 30' 00.0" S | 63° 30' 00.0" W | Mountain |
Name ID: 120427 Place ID: 12782 | |||
Scaife Mountains (GBR) | 75° 06' 00.0" S | 65° 08' 00.0" W | Mountain |
Name ID: 111053
Place ID: 12782
rising to c. 1300m between Ketchum Glacier and Ueda Glacier, Orville Coast, and including Mount Brundage, Mount Macnowski and Mount Terwileger, were seen from the air by RARE, 21 November 1947, but inaccurately located; named after Allan M. Scaife, of Pittsburgh, Pa, a contributor to RARE ([in c. 75°30'S 63°25'W] Ronne, 1948b, p.378 [titles of Figs 20 and 22 transposed in error]; 1949, map p.249 and p.289; USHO chart 6639, 1955; [co-ordinates corrected] USGS sketch map Ellsworth Land-Palmer Land, 1969; APC, 1975, p.5; BAS 500 sheet SS 17-20/SE, 1-DOS 1981). Gory Skayf (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). The mountains were photographed from the air by USN, 1965-67, and mapped from air photographs by USGS. Gory Skeyf (Soviet Union. AA, 1966, Pl.24). |
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Scaife Mountains (USA) | 75° 06' 00.0" S | 65° 08' 00.0" W | Mountain |
Name ID: 131241
Place ID: 12782
A group of mountains rising W of Prehn Peninsula and between the Ketchum and Ueda Glaciers, at the base of Antarctic Peninsula. Discovered by the RARE under Ronne, 1947-48, who named these mountains for Alan M. Scaife of Pittsburgh, a contributor to the expedition. |
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