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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Boomerang Range (AUS) | 78° 30' 00.0" S | 158° 45' 00.0" E | Range |
Name ID: 2239
Place ID: 1588
A long, narrow range, curved like a boomerang, 57 km west of Mt. Harmsworth (Ross Dependency), between Escalade Peak and the Deception Glacier. The range extends approximately north and south for 35 km. Discovered and named by T A E (1956-58). |
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Boomerang Range (NZL) | 78° 30' 00.0" S | 158° 45' 00.0" E | Range |
Name ID: 140011
Place ID: 1588
Narrow mountain range, curved like a boomerang and extending generally north-south for about 33km, forming a part of the west limits of Skelton Névé. |
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Boomerang Range (RUS) | 78° 30' 00.0" S | 158° 45' 00.0" E | Range |
Name ID: 117172 Place ID: 1588 | |||
Boomerang Range (USA) | 78° 30' 00.0" S | 158° 45' 00.0" E | Range |
Name ID: 122721
Place ID: 1588
Narrow mountain range, curved like a boomerang and extending generally N-S for about 16 mi, forming a part of the W limits of Skelton Neve. Mapped and named in 1957 by the N.Z. party of the CTAE, 1956-58. |
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Mount Send (AUS) | 70° 01' 59.9" S | 159° 49' 00.1" E | Mountain |
Name ID: 1588
Place ID: 13011
A mountain about 22.2 km east of Mount Gorton in Oates Land. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. Named after R.F. Send, USARP geophysicist at McMurdo station in the summer of 1967-68. |
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