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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| Strachey Stump (GBR) | 80° 41' 00.0" S | 23° 10' 00.0" W | Hill |
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Name ID: 111425
Place ID: 14109
rising to 1630m in E Read Mountains, Shackleton Range, was photographed from the air by USN in 1967 and surveyed from the ground by BAS from Halley, 1968-71; association with the names of geologists grouped in this area, named after John Strachey (1671-1742), English geologist who made one of the first attempts to construct a geological cross-section (APC, 1974, p.6; BAS 250P sheet SU 26-30/1, 1-DOS 1978). |
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| Strachey Stump (USA) | 80° 41' 00.0" S | 23° 10' 00.0" W | Hill |
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Name ID: 132236
Place ID: 14109
A flat-topped mountain rising to 1,630 m, 5 mi NE of Mount Wegener in Read Mountains, Shackleton Range. Photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967. Surveyed by BAS, 1968-71. In association with names of geologists grouped in this area, named by the UK-APC in 1971 after John Strachey (1671-1742), English geologist who made one of the first attempts to construct a geological cross-section. |
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