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 Sphinx (USA) | 72° 21' 00.0" S | 31° 15' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 132001
Place ID: 13819
Mountain rising to 2,200 m, the culminating peak of the Prince de Ligne Mountains, standing 9 mi N of the Belgica Mountains. Discovered by BelgAE, 1957-58, under G. de Gerlache, who named it for its characteristic form resembling a sphinx. |
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| Sphinx, Mont (BEL) | 72° 21' 00.0" S | 31° 15' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 104982
Place ID: 13819
Partie de la Chaîne des Monts Belgica et point culminant des Monts Prince de Ligne baptisée pour sa forme caractéristique ressemblant de loin a un sphinx. |
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