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 Bird (NZL) | 77° 17' 00.0" S | 166° 43' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 112798
Place ID: 1355
A peak, 1719m high, on Ross Island, 7 miles southward of Cape Bird, the northern extremity of the island. Named by the NAE, 1901-04, for Lietenant Edward Joseph Bird, who was on the Erebus with Ross in 1839-41. It is a mountain with a swelling dome with a distinct longitudinal axis towards the north. It is capped by a ridge of three small dark cones, which are the only outcrops of rock to be seen from McMurdo Sound. The slope of Mt Bird towards the north is very gradual. |
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| Mount Bird (RUS) | 77° 17' 00.0" S | 166° 40' 00.0" E | Mountain |
| Name ID: 117098 Place ID: 1355 | |||
| Mount Bird (USA) | 77° 17' 00.0" S | 166° 43' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 122546
Place ID: 1355
Mountain, 1,765 m, standing about 7 mi S of Cape Bird, the N extremity of Ross Island. Mapped by the BrNAE, 1901-04, under Scott. Apparently named by them after Cape Bird. |
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| Mount Dummett (AUS) | 73° 09' 01.8" S | 63° 55' 17.4" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 1355
Place ID: 3946
An ice-covered rock mass, with two smaller outcrops, about 17 km east of Mount McCauley, in the southern Prince Charles Mountains. Discovered from ANARE aircraft during photographic flights in 1956. Named after R.B. Dummett, formerly Managing Director, B.P. Australia Ltd., in recognition of the valuable assistance given to ANARE by the company. |
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