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 Tenney (GBR) | 74° 49' 00.0" S | 65° 19' 00.0" W | Mountain |
Name ID: 111531
Place ID: 14522
rising to c. 1700m W of Latady Mountains and N of Ketchum Glacier, Orville Coast, was photographed from the air by USN, 1965-67, and mapped from air photographs by USGS; named after Philip J. Tenney, USARP engineer on traverse between the South Pole and Dronning Maud Land, summer 1967-68 (USGS sketch map Ellsworth Land-Palmer Land, 1969; APC, 1975, p.5; BAS 500P sheet SS 17-20/SE, 1-DOS 1981). |
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Mount Tenney (USA) | 74° 49' 00.0" S | 65° 19' 00.0" W | Mountain |
Name ID: 132553
Place ID: 14522
A mountain located W of Latady Mountains, 9 mi NW of Mount Hyatt, at the base of Antarctic Peninsula. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1961-67. Named by US-ACAN for Philip J. Tenney, traverse engineer on the South Pole-Queen Maud Land Traverse III, summer 1967-68. |
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