Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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 Block (NZL) | 85° 46' 00.0" S | 176° 13' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 112822
Place ID: 1471
The southernmost nunatak in the Grosvenor Mountains lying six miles south of Block Peak. It has an elevation of 2700 metres. Discovered by the Byrd AE, 1929-30, when Byrd was on his flight to the South Pole in November 1929. Named by Byrd at that time for Paul Block (Junior) son of a patron of the expedition. Formerly known as Mt Paul Block. |
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| Mount Block (RUS) | 85° 48' 00.0" S | 177° 15' 00.0" E | Mountain |
| Name ID: 117135 Place ID: 1471 | |||
| Mount Block (USA) | 85° 46' 00.0" S | 176° 13' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 122638
Place ID: 1471
A nunatak in the Grosvenor Mountains, standing 5 mi S of Block Peak. Discovered by R. Admiral Byrd on the ByrdAE flight to the South Pole in November 1929, and named by him for Paul Block, Jr., son of Paul Block, a patron of the expedition. |
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| Mount Nils (AUS) | 68° 04' 00.1" S | 48° 01' 00.1" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 1471
Place ID: 10281
A prominent, ice-covered mountain about 6 km south-west of Mount Christensen, Enderby Land. Plotted from air photographs taken from ANARE aircraft in 1956 and 1957. Named after Captain Nils Larsen, master of the Norwegian exploration ship Norvegia, which was in the vicinity of Amundsen Bay in January, 1930. |
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