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 Skidmore (GBR) | 80° 19' 00.0" S | 28° 57' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 111207
Place ID: 13407
rising to 865m in NW Shackleton Range, was roughly surveyed by TAE in October 1957 and named Mount Lagrange [sic] after J.J. La Grange (La Grange Nunataks, q.v.) (APC, 1962, p.19; DOS 610 sheet W 80 28/30, 1963); following resurvey by BAS from Halley, 1968-71, renamed Mount Skidmore after Michael John Skidmore (b. 1943), BAS geologist, Halley, 1967-69, who worked in the area (APC, 1974, p.6; BAS 250P sheet SU 26-30/1, 1-DOS 1978). |
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| Mount Skidmore (USA) | 80° 18' 00.0" S | 28° 56' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 131705
Place ID: 13407
A mountain (865 m) on the E side of the mouth of Stratton Glacier in the Shackleton Range. First mapped in 1957 by the CTAE; photographed in 1967 by U.S. Navy (trimetrogon aerial photography). Named by UK-APC for Michael J. Skidmore, BAS geologist at the Brunt Ice Shelf, 1966-69, who worked in the Shackleton Range, 1968-69. |
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