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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| Thomas Heights (NZL) | 77° 47' 00.0" S | 163° 52' 00.0" E | Heights |
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Name ID: 114541
Place ID: 14611
A line of prominent summit ridges/hills at the north end of Blue Glacier, that extend from Bettle Peak eastward to the Scott Coast, Victoria Land. The feature forms a portion of the divide between the lower ends of Ferrar Glacier and Blue Glacier. Named by the NZ-APC in 1983 who arrived on the day that Arthur A. Thomas of New Zealand was pardoned. Suggested by R.H. Findlay, NZARP geologist to the area, 1977-81. |
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| Thomas Heights (USA) | 77° 47' 00.0" S | 163° 52' 00.0" E | Heights |
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Name ID: 132625
Place ID: 14611
A line of summit ridges that extend from Bettle Peak eastward to the Scott Coast, Victoria Land. The feature forms a portion of the divide between the lower ends of Ferrar Glacier and Blue Glacier. Named by the NZ-APC in 1983 after Arthur A. Thomas of New Zealand at the suggestion of R.H. Findlay, NZARP geologist to the area, 1977-81. |
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