Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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Sofia Mountains (GBR) | 69° 27' 00.0" S | 71° 21' 58.0" W | Mountain |
Name ID: 111258
Place ID: 13612
mountains rising to c. 1,500 m in N Alexander Island, bounded to the NW by Palestrina Glacier, to the E and SE by Poste Valley and Nichols Snowfield and to the W by McManus Glacier. The name derives from a visit in Feb. 1988 by a field geology party comprised of members of BAS and the first Bulgarian Antarctic Expedition. It commemorates the centennial of the founding of the University of Sofia (APC, 1991). |
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Sofia Mountains (USA) | 69° 28' 00.0" S | 71° 30' 00.0" W | Mountain |
Name ID: 131855
Place ID: 13612
A small cluster of mountains rising to c. 1,500 m in N Alexander Island, bounded by the N by Palestrina Glacier, to the E by Landers Peaks, to the S by Nichols Snowfield and to the W by the N part of Lassus Mountains. The name derives from a Feb. 1988 visit by a field geology party comprised of members of BAS and the first Bulgarian Antarctic Expedition. It commemorates the centennial of the founding of the University of Sofia. |
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Sofia University Mountains (BGR) | 69° 28' 45.0" S | 71° 23' 30.0" W | Mountain |
Name ID: 105041
Place ID: 13612
A cluster of three small mountains extending 14 km in N-S direction, 5.5 km wide and rising to 1500 m (Mount Kliment Ohridski) in northwestern Alexander Island. Situated SSE of Havre Mountains, SW of Rouen Mountains, NW of Elgar Uplands, E of the northern part of Lassus Mountains, and 6 km inland from Lazarev Bay. Bounded by Palestrina Glacier to the N, the 8-km long, ice-filled Poste Valley to the E, Nichols Snowfield to the SE, Gilbert Glacier to the S, and McManus Glacier to the W. The mountains include Balan Ridge to the NE, the ridge of Mount Braun (c. 900m) to the NW, and the ridge of Mount Kliment Ohridski to the S. UK mapping in 1960. Visited by a British-Bulgarian party in 1988. Named in commemoration of the centennial of Sofia University. |
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