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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| Strider Rock (NZL) | 78° 01' 59.9" S | 155° 25' 59.9" W | Rock |
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Name ID: 140099
Place ID: 14143
A rock 3.5km northwest of Mount Nilsen in the Rockefeller Mountains of King Edward VII Land. |
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| Strider Rock (USA) | 78° 02' 00.0" S | 155° 26' 00.0" W | Rock |
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Name ID: 132267
Place ID: 14143
A rock 1 mi NW of Mount Nilsen in the Rockefeller Mountains of Edward VII Peninsula. Discovered by the ByrdAE in 1929. Named by US-ACAN for John P. Strider, Aviation Machinist's Mate, USN, plane captain on the ski-equipped R4D carrying R. Admiral George Dufek that was the first aircraft to land at the geographic South Pole, on Oct. 31, 1956. |
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