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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| Williams Ridge (GBR) | 80° 30' 00.0" S | 29° 20' 00.0" W | Ridge |
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Name ID: 111959
Place ID: 16087
extending E-W and rising to 1060m between Stratton Glacier and Blaiklock Glacier, Haskard Highlands, Shackleton Range, was surveyed by TAE in October 1957; named after Sergt Ellis Williams, RAF (b.1920), radio operator with the TAE advance party, 1955-56, and with the RAF contingent of TAE, 1956-58 (APC, 1962, p.34; DOS 610 sheet W 80 28/30, 1963). |
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| Williams Ridge (USA) | 80° 30' 00.0" S | 29° 20' 00.0" W | Ridge |
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Name ID: 133734
Place ID: 16087
Conspicuous rock ridge, 1,060 m, extending E-W between Blaiklock and Stratton Glaciers, 1 mi NW of Honnywill Peak in the W part of the Shackleton Range. First mapped in 1957 by the CTAE and named for Sgt. Ellis Williams, RAF, radio operator with the advance party of the CTAE in 1955-56 and with the RAF contingent of the expedition in 1956-58. |
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