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 Vernon Harcourt (NZL) | 72° 32' 00.0" S | 169° 55' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 114648
Place ID: 15414
A conical peak lying northward of Mt Northampton in the Admiralty Range in northern Victoria Land. Discovered on 19 January 1841 by Ross, who named it for the Rev W Vernon Harcourt, one of the founders of the British Association. |
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| Mount Vernon Harcourt (USA) | 72° 32' 00.0" S | 169° 55' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 133208
Place ID: 15414
A remarkable conical mountain (1,570 m) in the south-central part of Hallett Peninsula, Victoria Land. Discovered in January 1841 by Sir James Clark Ross and named by him for the Rev. W. Vernon Harcourt, one of the founders of the British Association. |
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