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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| Tyndall Mountains (GBR) | 67° 15' 00.0" S | 67° 10' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 111703
Place ID: 15142
extending N-S on Arrowsmith Peninsula, Loubet Coast, rising to c.2300 m at Gravier Peaks (q.v.), and including also Pryor Peak and Richardson Peak, were photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57; in association with the names of glaciologists grouped in this area, named after John Tyndall (1820-93), Irish physicist, mountaineer and pioneer glaciologist, author of works on glaciers and the physical properties of ice (APC, 1960, p.8; BAS 250P sheet SQ 19-20/14 (Ext.), 1-DOS 1978). |
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| Tyndall Mountains (USA) | 67° 15' 00.0" S | 67° 10' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 133026
Place ID: 15142
Mountains close S of Avsyuk Glacier in central Arrowsmith Peninsula, Graham Land. Mapped by FIDS from surveys and air photos, 1948-59. Named by UK-APC for John Tyndall (1820-93), Irish mountaineer and pioneer glaciologist, author of many works on glaciers and the physical properties of ice. |
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