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 VX-6 (NZL) | 72° 38' 00.0" S | 162° 12' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 114664
Place ID: 15615
Prominent mountain with a spire on its north side, 5 miles south of Mt Stuart in the central part of the Monument Nunataks. Named by the Victoria Land Traverse Party, 1959-60, for US Navy Air Development Squadron Six (VX-6) which supported the traverse party in the field. |
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| Mount VX-6 (USA) | 72° 38' 00.0" S | 162° 12' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 133332
Place ID: 15615
A distinctive, sharp mountain, 2,185 m, standing 4 mi N of Minaret Nunatak in the Monument Nunataks. Surveyed by the USARP Victoria Land Traverse Party, 1959-60. They named it for USN Air Development Squadron Six (VX-6) which supported the traverse party in the field. On Jan. 1, 1969, the squadron was redesignated Antarctic Development Squadron Six (VXE-6) but its mission remained the same. |
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