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 Wilbur (NZL) | 86° 58' 00.0" S | 152° 37' 00.0" W | Mountain |
Name ID: 114724
Place ID: 16029
A flat-topped irregular massif, about 2743m high, standing about 4 miles east of Mt Weaver at the head of the Robert Scott Glacier in the Queen Maud Range. Discovered in December 1934 by the Geological Party, led by Blackburn, of the Byrd AE, 1933-35. Named by Byrd for the Hon Curtiss D Wilbur, Secretary of the US Navy from 1925 to 1929. |
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Mount Wilbur (USA) | 86° 58' 00.0" S | 152° 37' 00.0" W | Mountain |
Name ID: 133687
Place ID: 16029
A mountain standing 2 mi E of Mount Weaver at the head of Scott Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Discovered in December 1934 by the ByrdAE geological party under Quin Blackburn, and named by Byrd for the Hon. Curtis D. Wilbur, Secretary of the Navy, 1925-29. |
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