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 Wise (RUS) | 78° 08' 00.0" S | 165° 21' 00.0" E | Mountain |
| Name ID: 121418 Place ID: 16161 | |||
| Mount Wise (USA) | 78° 08' 00.0" S | 165° 23' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 133801
Place ID: 16161
A bare rock summit, the highest point (815 m) on Brown Peninsula. Named by A.J. Heine of the McMurdo Ice Shelf Project, 1962-63, for K.C. Wise, a New Zealander who explored the peninsula while a member of the NZGSAE, 1958-59. |
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| Wise, Mount (NZL) | 78° 07' 57.7" S | 165° 23' 28.8" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 114750
Place ID: 16161
The highest point on Brown Peninsula at 816m. A survey beacon was placed here during the 1962-63 summer by New Zealand surveyors. |
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