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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| Tennant Peak (NZL) | 78° 09' 00.0" S | 155° 18' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 114518
Place ID: 14519
A peak standing 2 1/2 miles south-west of Charles Gould Peak in the southern part of the Rockefeller Mountains in King Edward VII Land. Discovered on 26 January 1929 by the Byrd AE, 1928-30. Named by Byrd for George Tennant, the cook who accompanied him on two expeditions. After the North Polar expedition Tennant offered to give his meagre salary to help pay the deficit. |
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| Tennant Peak (USA) | 78° 09' 00.0" S | 155° 18' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 132550
Place ID: 14519
Peak 1 mi S of Gould Peak in the S group of the Rockefeller Mountains on Edward VII Peninsula. Discovered by the ByrdAE (1928-30) and named by Byrd for George W. Tennant, cook on the expedition. |
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