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 Wexler (NZL) | 84° 30' 00.0" S | 175° 01' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 114709
Place ID: 15932
A high short summit ridge of the Hughes Range, rising to about 4000m, 4 miles north-west of Mt Kaplan. Discovered and photographed by Rear-Admiral Byrd on the Baselaying Flight of 18 November 1929, and surveyed by A P Crary in 1957/58. Named by Crary for Dr Harry Wexler, Chief Scientist for the US Antarctic IGY Programmes during 1957 |
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| Mount Wexler (RUS) | 84° 30' 00.0" S | 175° 05' 00.0" E | Mountain |
| Name ID: 121353 Place ID: 15932 | |||
| Mount Wexler (USA) | 84° 30' 00.0" S | 175° 01' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 133598
Place ID: 15932
A prominent ice-free mountain, 4,025 m, standing 3 mi SW of Mount Waterman in the Hughes Range. Discovered and photographed by R. Admiral Byrd on the Baselaying Flight of Nov. 18, 1929, and surveyed by A.P. Crary in 1957-58. Named by Crary for Harry Wexler, Chief Scientist for U.S. Antarctic IGY programs, 1957-58. |
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