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 Shelton (NZL) | 71° 41' 06.8" S | 166° 48' 03.5" E | Mountain |
Name ID: 139914
Place ID: 13144
A mountain at 2486m just west of the upper part of Rastorfer Glacier in the east-central portion of Homerun Range, Admiralty Mountains. |
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Mount Shelton (USA) | 71° 41' 00.0" S | 166° 48' 00.0" E | Mountain |
Name ID: 131510
Place ID: 13144
A mountain (2,485 m) located just W of the upper part of Rastorfer Glacier in the east-central portion of the Homerun Range, Admiralty Mountains. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by US-ACAN for John E. Shelton USARP meteorologist at Hallett Station, 1964-65. |
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