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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| Whymper Spur (GBR) | 80° 25' 00.0" S | 21° 29' 00.0" W | Spur |
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Name ID: 111928
Place ID: 16008
rising to c.1250m on central Pioneers Escarpment (q.v.), E. Shackleton Range, in association with the names of pioneers of polar life and travel grouped in this area, was named after Edward Whymper (1840-1911), English artist and mountaineer who made the first ascent of the Matterhorn, Switzerland, 14 July 1865; designer of the prototype of the Whymper tent, 1861-62 (APC, 1974, p.7; BAS 250P sheet SU 26-30/1, 1-DOS 1978). |
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| Whymper Spur (USA) | 80° 25' 00.0" S | 21° 29' 00.0" W | Spur |
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Name ID: 133669
Place ID: 16008
A rock spur rising to c. 1,250 m eastward of Blanchard Hill in Pioneers Escarpment (q.v.), Shackleton Range. Named by the UK-APC in 1971 after English mountaineer and artist Edward Whymper (1840-1911), who made the first ascent of the Matterhorn, Switzerland, July 14, 1865; designer of the prototype of the Whymper tent, 1861-62. |
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