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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| Skidmore Cliff (GBR) | 83° 24' 00.0" S | 49° 30' 00.0" W | Cliff |
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Name ID: 111206
Place ID: 13406
rising to 1185m ESE of Saratoga Table, Forrestal Range, Pensacola Mountains, was photographed from the air by USN in 1964 and surveyed from the ground by USGS, 1965-66; named after Donald K. Skidmore, USARP ionosphericist, "Ellsworth Station", winter 1957 (USGS sheet SU 21-25/14, 1969; APC, 1974, p.6). |
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| Skidmore Cliff (USA) | 83° 24' 00.0" S | 49° 30' 00.0" W | Cliff |
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Name ID: 131704
Place ID: 13406
An irregular east-facing cliff, 4 mi long, located at the extremity of a spur trending eastward from Saratoga Table, in the Forrestal Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN for Donald D. Skidmore, ionospheric scientist at Ellsworth Station, winter 1957. |
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