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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| Washington Escarpment (GBR) | 83° 42' 00.0" S | 55° 08' 00.0" W | Escarpment |
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Name ID: 111834
Place ID: 15756
extending N-S from the vicinity of Mount Dasinger to the vicinity of Gambacorta Peak, Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains, was photographed from the air by USN and surveyed from the ground by USGS, 1963-64; named after the University of Washington, Seattle, Wash., the Alma Mater of five members of the USGS field party ([in 83°45'S 55°00'W] USBGN, 1965, p.107; [co-ordinates corrected] USGS sheet SU 21-25/13, 1969; APC, 1974, p.6). |
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| Washington Escarpment (USA) | 83° 42' 00.0" S | 55° 08' 00.0" W | Escarpment |
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Name ID: 133450
Place ID: 15756
The major west-facing escarpment of the Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains, extending some 50 mi and being the point of origin of a number of west-trending rock ridges. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN for the University of Washington at Seattle. Several members of the Neptune Range field party of 1963-64 attended this university. |
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