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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| Schwartz Range (AUS) | 67° 07' 59.9" S | 55° 40' 00.1" E | Range |
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Name ID: 2232
Place ID: 12885
A broken line of peaks extending about 22 km in a SW-NE direction, west of the Wilma Glacier, Kemp Land. Seen in November 1954 by an ANARE sledging party led by Robert G. Dovers. Named after G. Schwartz, French observer with ANARE at Mawson in 1954 and a member of the field party. |
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| Schwartz Range (RUS) | 67° 10' 00.0" S | 55° 40' 00.0" E | Range |
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| Schwartz Range (USA) | 67° 08' 00.0" S | 55° 38' 00.0" E | Range |
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Name ID: 131322
Place ID: 12885
Range of mountains trending in a NE-SW direction, standing 17 mi SW of Edward VIII Bay. Discovered in November 1954 by R. Dovers and Georges Schwartz during an ANARE sledging journey to Edward VIII Bay. Named by ANCA for Schwartz, who was French Observer with ANARE at Mawson Station in 1954. |
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