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 Wasilewski (GBR) | 75° 11' 00.0" S | 71° 22' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 111836
Place ID: 15760
rising to 1585 m ESE of Merrick Mountains, between English Coast and Orville Coast, was surveyed on US Antarctic Peninsula Traverse, 1961-62, and photographed from the air by USN, 1965-66; named after Peter J. Wasilewski, USARP geomagnetic observer and member of University of Wisconsin traverse parties in the area, 1961-62 and 1965-66 (USGS sketch map Ellsworth Land-Palmer Land, 1969; APC, 1975, p.5; BAS 500P sheet SS17-20/SE, 1-DOS 1981). |
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| Mount Wasilewski (USA) | 75° 11' 00.0" S | 71° 24' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 133454
Place ID: 15760
Prominent isolated mountain (1,615 m) located 9 mi ESE of Merrick Mountains in Ellsworth Land. First seen and photographed from the air by RARE, 1947-48. Named by US-ACAN for Peter J. Wasilewski, member of the University of Wisconsin parties which explored this area in the 1961-62 and 1965-66 seasons. |
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