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 Weston (GBR) | 80° 28' 00.0" S | 29° 10' 00.0" W | Mountain |
Name ID: 111895
Place ID: 15926
highest peak (1210m) of Haskard Highlands, W Shackleton Range, was surveyed by TAE in October 1957 and named after Flt Sgt Peter Douglas Weston, RAF (b.1921), aircraft mechanic with the RAF contingent of TAE, 1956-58 (APC, 1962, p.33; DOS 610 sheet W80 28/30, 1963). |
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Mount Weston (USA) | 80° 28' 00.0" S | 29° 10' 00.0" W | Mountain |
Name ID: 133593
Place ID: 15926
The highest peak (1,210 m) of Haskard Highlands, in the W part of the Shackleton Range. First mapped in 1957 by the CTAE and named after Flight Sgt. Peter D. Weston, RAF, aircraft mechanic with the RAF contingent of the CTAE in 1956-58. |
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