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 Bitgood (USA) | 76° 29' 00.0" S | 144° 55' 00.0" W | Mountain |
Name ID: 122562
Place ID: 1376
A mountain (1,150 m) between Mount Lockhart and Mount Colombo on the N side of the Fosdick Mountains, in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by USAS (1939-41) and by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos (1959-65). Named by US-ACAN for Charles D. Bitgood, geologist with the USARP party to the Fosdick Mountains, 1967-68. |
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Mount Massam (AUS) | 81° 43' 59.9" S | 158° 15' 00.0" E | Mountain |
Name ID: 1376
Place ID: 9113
A high mountain north of the upper Starshot Glacier. Discovered by the N.Z. Geological Expedition (1964-65). Named after D. Massam, a member of the expedition. |
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