Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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 Shackleton (GBR) | 65° 12' 00.0" S | 63° 56' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 111129
Place ID: 13071
rising to c. 1300m between Leay Glacier and Wiggins Glacier, Graham Coast, was roughly mapped by FAE, 1908-10, in 1909 and provisionally called Mont du Milieu (Charcot, 1910, p.266 and map p.267), Middle Mount (Charcot, 1911a, map facing p.348) or Middle Mountain (Charcot, [1911b], p.167); later named Pic Shackleton after Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (1874-1922), Third Lieutenant in Discovery, 1901-03, on the National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-04 (Cdr R.F. Scott, RN); Leader, British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-09 (on which he reached 88°23'S), British Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914-17, and Shackleton-Rowett Antarctic Expedition, 1921-22 (on which he died aboard his ship Quest at Grytviken, South Georgia, 5 January 1922) (Charcot, 1912, Pl.3). Shackleton Peak (USHO, 1943, p.139). Pico Shakleton [sic] (Argentina. IGM map, 1946). The mountain was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57. Picco Shakleton (Zavatti, 1958, Tav. 7). Mount Shackleton (APC, 1959a, p.11; BA chart 3572, 12.viii. 1960). Pico Shackleton (Chile. DNH chart 1502, 1962; IHA, 1974, p.258). |
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| Mount Shackleton (USA) | 65° 13' 00.0" S | 63° 56' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 131458
Place ID: 13071
Mountain, 1,465 m, with perpendicular cliffs facing W, standing 2.5 mi E of Chaigneau Peak between Leay and Wiggins Glaciers, on the W side of Graham Land. Discovered by the FrAE, 1908-10, under Charcot and named by him for Sir Ernest Shackleton. |
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| Shackleton, Pico (CHL) | 65° 12' 00.0" S | 63° 55' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 106253
Place ID: 13071
Descubierto por la Expedición Francesa de 1908-1910, al mando del Dr. Jean B. Charcot quien lo denominó en esta forma por Sir Ernest Shackleton, Jefe de la Expedición Británica de los años 1914-1916, al mando del "Endurance", que fue atrapado por los hielos el 17 de enero de 1915. Es un pico con acantilados que caen perpendicularmente por su lado W, está situado a 2 mi llas al E del pico Chaigneau en la costa W de la península Tierra de O'Higgins. |
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