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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| Wall Range (GBR) | 64° 49' 00.0" S | 63° 22' 00.0" W | Range |
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Name ID: 111813
Place ID: 15688
running NE-SW on Wiencke Island, Palmer Archipelago, and rising to c. 1100 m at Mount Wheat, was sighted by BeAE in February 1898; surveyed by FIDS from "Port Lockroy" in 1944 and named descriptively (BA chart 3213, 6.x.1950; APC, 1955, p.22; BA chart 3566, 16.x.1959); resurveyed by FIDS from "Arthur Harbour" in 1955. Copper Peak (q.v.), incorrectly referring to the N end of this feature (USHO, 1960, p.362, 3rd view). Cadena Wall (Chile. IHA, 1974, p.298). |
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| Wall Range (USA) | 64° 49' 00.0" S | 63° 22' 00.0" W | Range |
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Name ID: 133394
Place ID: 15688
Mountain range, 3 mi long in a NE-SW direction with steep wall-like cliffs and jagged peaks rising to 1,095 m, extending from Thunder Glacier to Channel Glacier in the center of Wiencke Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. First mapped by the BelgAE, 1897-99, under Gerlache. Surveyed in 1944 by the FIDS and given this descriptive name. |
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| Wall, Cadena (CHL) | 64° 49' 00.0" S | 63° 22' 00.0" W | Range |
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Name ID: 106462
Place ID: 15688
Descubierta por la Expedición Belga de los años 1897-1899, al mando del teniente Adrien de Gerlache. Fue cartografiada en el año 1944 por una Expedición Británica que le dio esta denominación descriptiva. Cadena montañosa con cerca de 3 millas de extensión, de dirección NE-SW, con arrecifes escarpados en forma de una pared y picos sobresalientes de unos 3.600 pies de elevación, ubicados a una milla al NE de la sierra Du Fief, por la Expedición Belga de los años 1897-1899, al mando del teniente Adrien de Gerlache. |
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