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 Swadener (NZL) | 77° 16' 22.6" S | 153° 44' 17.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 140093
Place ID: 14313
A peak in the Sneddon Nunataks, in the north portion of the Alexandra Mountains of King Edward VII Land. |
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| Mount Swadener (USA) | 77° 16' 00.0" S | 153° 45' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 132395
Place ID: 14313
A peak in the Sneddon Nunataks, in the N portion of the Alexandra Mountains of Edward VII Peninsula. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-66. Named by US-ACAN for Lt. John R. Swadener, USN, navigator of the ski-equipped R4D in which R. Admiral George Dufek made the first aircraft landing at the geographic South Pole, on Oct. 31, 1956. |
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