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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| Southern Cross Mountains (NZL) | 73° 40' 00.0" S | 164° 00' 00.0" E | Range |
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Name ID: 139533
Place ID: 13748
The group of ranges lying between Mariner Glacier and Priestley Glacier in Victoria Land, including Deep Freeze Range, the Illusion Hills, and Mesa Range. |
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| Southern Cross Mountains (USA) | 73° 40' 00.0" S | 164° 00' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 131942
Place ID: 13748
The name applied to the group of ranges lying between the Mariner and Priestley Glaciers in Victoria Land. Seaward parts of this area were first viewed by Ross in 1841 and subsequently by expeditions led by Borchgrevink, Scott, Shackleton and Byrd. The precise mapping of its overall features was accomplished from U.S. Navy air photographs and surveys by New Zealand and American parties in the 1950s and 1960s. Named by the northern party of NZGSAE, 1965-66. |
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