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)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Mount Showers (GBR) | 71° 44' 00.0" S | 61° 24' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 111169
Place ID: 13220
rising to c. 1050m on Condor Peninsula (q.v.), Black Coast, was named after William Showers, USARP biologist, "Palmer Station", 1975 (BAS 250 sheet SR 19-20/16, 1-DOS 1976; APC, 1977, p.30). |
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| Mount Showers (USA) | 71° 45' 00.0" S | 61° 28' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 131571
Place ID: 13220
A mountain rising above the Condor Peninsula, 13 mi SW of Cape MacDonald, on the E coast of Palmer Land. Mapped by USGS in 1974. Named by US-ACAN for William Showers, USARP biologist at Palmer Station in 1975. |
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