Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Tethys Nunataks (GBR) | 72° 08' 00.0" S | 68° 59' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 111546
Place ID: 14575
rising to c. 450m E of Stephenson Nunatak, SE Alexander Island, were surveyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in December 1949; in association with the names of planets in this area, named after Tethys, one of the satellites of Saturn ([in 72°10'S 68°59'W] APC, 1955, p.21; DCS 601 sheet W 72 68, 1956; [co-ordinates corrected from US LANDSAT imagery of January 1973] BAS 250P sheet SS 19-21/1, 1-DOS 1974; APC, 1977, p.32). |
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| Tethys Nunataks (USA) | 72° 10' 00.0" S | 68° 59' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 132598
Place ID: 14575
Group of about five rock nunataks, 2 mi NE of Stephenson Nunatak in the SE corner of Alexander Island. Presumably first seen by Ronne and Eklund of the USAS who sledged through George VI Sound in 1940-41. Surveyed in 1949 by the FIDS and named by the UK-APC for association with nearby Saturn Glacier, Tethys being one of the satellites of Saturn. |
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