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 Todd (USA) | 78° 03' 00.0" S | 85° 56' 00.0" W | Mountain |
Name ID: 132750
Place ID: 14766
A peak in the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains, rising to 3,600 m on the E side of Embree Glacier, 2 mi NNE of Mount Press. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN aerial photography, 1957-60. Named in 1984 by US-ACAN after Edward P. Todd, physicist, National Science Foundation, 1963-84, Director, Division of Polar Programs, NSF, 1977-84, with responsibility for the development of the U.S. Antarctic Research Program. |
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