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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| Wilkinson Peaks (AUS) | 66° 37' 00.1" S | 54° 15' 00.0" E | Peak |
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Name ID: 2054
Place ID: 16062
A group of peaks in the Napier Mountains, Enderby Land. Plotted from air photographs taken by ANARE in 1956. Named after B.G. Wilkinson, assistant diesel mechanic at Mawson in 1961. |
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| Wilkinson Peaks (RUS) | 66° 37' 00.0" S | 54° 15' 00.0" E | Peak |
| Name ID: 121389 Place ID: 16062 | |||
| Wilkinson Peaks (USA) | 66° 37' 00.0" S | 54° 15' 00.0" E | Peak |
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Name ID: 133713
Place ID: 16062
Group of peaks in the Napier Mountains standing 5 mi SE of Mount Griffiths. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and called Langnabbane (the long peaks). Visited in 1961 by an ANARE sledge party and renamed by ANCA for B.G. Wilkinson, assistant diesel mechanic at Mawson Station in 1961. |
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