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 Van Buren (GBR) | 71° 18' 00.0" S | 63° 30' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 111734
Place ID: 15294
rising to 2865 m N of Mount Jackson, central Palmer Land, was photographed from the air by USN, 1966-69, and mapped from air photographs by USGS; in association with Mount Jackson (q.v.), named after Martin Van Buren (1782-1862), eighth President of the United States, 1837-41 (Vice-President, 1833-37, during the second term of President Jackson) (APC, 1977, p.34; Singleton, 1979, map Fig.1; USGS sketch map Palmer Land (North Part), 1979). |
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| Mount Van Buren (USA) | 71° 18' 00.0" S | 63° 30' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 133125
Place ID: 15294
The prominent mountain 3 mi NNW of Mount Jackson, at the E side of the Dyer Plateau, Palmer Land. Mapped by USGS in 1974. The name was applied by US-ACAN in association with Mount Jackson. Martin Van Buren (1782-1862) was the eighth President of the United States, 1837-41. He was Vice President, 1833-37, during the second term of President Andrew Jackson. |
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