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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| Silver Ridge (NZL) | 82° 16' 00.0" S | 161° 40' 00.0" E | Ridge |
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Name ID: 114387
Place ID: 13278
A long snow ridge approximately 580m in height, lying on the west side of the Angier Glacier - being a prominent landmark on the north side of the Nimrod Glacier. Named by the Southern Party of the NZGSAE, 1960-61, because of the absence of rock on this steep sided feature. |
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| Silver Ridge (USA) | 82° 16' 00.0" S | 161° 40' 00.0" E | Ridge |
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Name ID: 131609
Place ID: 13278
A long snow-covered ridge lying west of the mouth of Algie Glacier, being a prominent landmark on the north side of Nimrod Glacier. So named by the southern party of the NZGSAE (1960-61) because of the absence of rock on this steep-sided feature. |
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