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 Usher (NZL) | 84° 57' 00.0" S | 172° 04' 00.0" E | Mountain |
Name ID: 114630
Place ID: 15234
A mountain, 2895m high, almost entriely ice-covered, lying north-east of Keltie Glacier near its confluence with the Beardmore Glacier. Discovered and named by the BAE, 1907-09. |
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Mount Usher (RUS) | 84° 59' 00.0" S | 173° 00' 00.0" E | Mountain |
Name ID: 121116 Place ID: 15234 | |||
Mount Usher (USA) | 84° 57' 00.0" S | 172° 04' 00.0" E | Mountain |
Name ID: 133090
Place ID: 15234
A distinctive mountain overlooking the S side of Keltie Glacier about 4 mi SW of the mouth of Brandau Glacier. Discovered and named by the BrAE (1907-09). Identification of this feature varied on subsequent maps. The present description follows the H.E. Saunders map of 1961 which has now been generally accepted. |
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