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 Weir (NZL) | 84° 59' 00.0" S | 177° 10' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 114700
Place ID: 15859
A steep section of polar plateau escarpment, with almost all of the rock exposed, facing north-east at the head of one of the tributaries of the Ramsey Glacier, about 24 miles west of Mt Rosenwald in the Bush Mountains. Discovered and photographed by US Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47, on the flights of 16 February 1947 and named by the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Place Names for Major Robert R Weir, USMC, pilot of Flight 8A. |
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| Mount Weir (USA) | 84° 59' 00.0" S | 177° 10' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 133543
Place ID: 15859
A steep section of the polar plateau escarpment with almost all of the rock exposed facing NE, standing just S of the base of Fulgham Ridge at the head of Ramsey Glacier. Discovered and photographed by USN Operation HighJump on Flight 8A of Feb. 16, 1947, and named by US-ACAN for Maj. Robert R. Weir, USMC, pilot of this flight. |
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