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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| Turner Hills (AUS) | 82° 58' 00.1" S | 156° 18' 00.0" E | Hill |
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Name ID: 724
Place ID: 15073
The hills lying between Worsley Icefalls to the north and Astro Glacier to the south. Plotted by the U.S. Geological Survey from air photographs taken by the U.S. Navy in 1960-62. Named by USACAN after M.D. Turner, USARP representative in 1959-60, who carried out geological studies in the dry valley areas west of McMurdo Sound. |
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| Turner Hills (USA) | 82° 58' 00.0" S | 156° 18' 00.0" E | Hill |
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Name ID: 132971
Place ID: 15073
A group of hills between Astro Glacier and Nimrod Glacier in the NW part of the Miller Range. Mapped by the USGS from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by US-ACAN for Dr. Mort D. Turner of the National Science Foundation who has been Program Manager for Polar Earth Sciences, Division of Polar Programs, since 1959. Turner studied the geology of the dry valley areas near McMurdo Sound, 1959-60, and in several subsequent seasons served as USARP Representative in Antarctica. |
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