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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| Wilson Hills (AUS) | 69° 40' 00.1" S | 158° 30' 00.0" E | Hill |
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Name ID: 657
Place ID: 16109
A group of hills on the coast of Oates Land. Discovered by Lieut. H.L.L. Pennell, RN, on the Terra Nova in February, 1911, during Scott's last expedition. Named after Dr. Edward A. Wilson, zoologist with the expedition, who perished with Scott on the return journey from the Pole. |
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| Wilson Hills (RUS) | 69° 40' 00.0" S | 158° 15' 00.0" E | Hill |
| Name ID: 121406 Place ID: 16109 | |||
| Wilson Hills (USA) | 69° 40' 00.0" S | 158° 30' 00.0" E | Hill |
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Name ID: 133756
Place ID: 16109
A group of scattered hills, nunataks and ridges that extend NW-SE for about 70 mi between Matusevich Glacier and Pryor Glacier. Discovered by Lt. H.L.L. Pennell, RN, on the Terra Nova in Feb. 1911 during Scott's last expedition. Named after Dr. Edward A. Wilson, zoologist with the expedition, who perished with Scott on the return journey from the South Pole. |
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