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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| Scott Mountains (AUS) | 67° 30' 00.0" S | 50° 30' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 1602
Place ID: 12907
A large number of isolated peaks south of Amundsen Bay. Discovered on 13 January, 1930, by BANZARE under Sir Douglas Mawson who named the feature Scott Range. The term range was considered inappropriate. |
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| Scott Mountains (RUS) | 67° 30' 00.0" S | 50° 40' 00.0" E | Mountain |
| Name ID: 120454 Place ID: 12907 | |||
| Scott Mountains (USA) | 67° 30' 00.0" S | 50° 30' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 131339
Place ID: 12907
A large number of isolated peaks lying S of Amundsen Bay in Enderby Land. Discovered on Jan. 13, 1930 by BANZARE under Sir Douglas Mawson. He named the feature Scott Range after Capt. Robert F. Scott, RN. The term mountains is considered more appropriate because of the isolation of its individual features. |
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