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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| West Prongs (GBR) | 83° 54' 00.0" S | 57° 34' 00.0" W | |
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Name ID: 111892
Place ID: 15912
three rock spurs forming W end of the ridge on N side of Jones Valley, Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains, were surveyed from the ground by USGS, 1963-64, and photographed from the air by USN in 1964; named after Clyde E. West, USN, cook, "Ellsworth Station", winter 1958 (USGS sheet SU 21-25/13, 1969; APC, 1974, p.7). |
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| West Prongs (USA) | 83° 54' 00.0" S | 57° 34' 00.0" W | |
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Name ID: 133584
Place ID: 15912
Three distinctive rock spurs that form the west end of the ridge just north of Elliott Ridge in the Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN for Clyde E. West, cook at Ellsworth Station, winter 1958. |
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