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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| Mount Bewsher (AUS) | 70° 53' 45.4" S | 65° 25' 34.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 1619
Place ID: 1291
A prominent, flat-topped mountain on the western end of the Aramis Range in the Prince Charles Mountains. It has a spur running north and a large moraine running north-east. The mountain is 1973 m high and 200 m above the plateau on the west; to the east there is a snow scarp and drop of 55 m.First visited by the ANARE southern party, 1956-57, led by W.G. Bewsher, Officer-in-Charge at Mawson in 1956, after whom the feature was named. |
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| Mount Bewsher (RUS) | 70° 54' 00.0" S | 65° 28' 00.0" E | Mountain |
| Name ID: 117085 Place ID: 1291 | |||
| Mount Bewsher (USA) | 70° 54' 00.0" S | 65° 28' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 122499
Place ID: 1291
A prominent flat-topped mountain about 6 mi E of Mount McMahon in the Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains. First visited by the ANARE southern party (1956-57) led by W.G. Bewsher, officer in charge at Mawson Station in 1956, for whom it is named. |
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| Pomerantz Tableland (AUS) | 70° 38' 00.0" S | 159° 50' 00.0" E | Plateau |
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Name ID: 1291
Place ID: 11455
An ice-covered tableland about 16 km long, about 28 km north of Daniels Range. Plotted from air photographs taken by the US Navy in 1960-62. Named after Dr. M.A. Pomerantz, Director of the Bartol Research Foundation and Chairman of the US Committee for the International Year of the Quiet Sun, who carried on cosmic ray studies in the McMurdo area in 1959-60 and 1960-61. |
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