Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| MacDonald Hills (NZL) | 77° 33' 00.0" S | 163° 21' 00.0" E | Heights |
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Name ID: 113813
Place ID: 16717
A group of partially ice-free hills including Mount Coleman and Mount Knox, just west of Explorers Cove, New Harbour. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-ME10 |
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| MacDonald Hills (USA) | 77° 33' 00.0" S | 163° 21' 00.0" E | Hill |
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Name ID: 128277
Place ID: 16717
A compact group of exposed rock hills including Mount Coleman (1,110 m) rising east of Commonwealth Glacier on the north side of lower Taylor Valley, Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1997) after William R. MacDonald (1925-77), Chief of the Branch of International Activities, U.S. Geological Survey, and a member of the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, of the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, 1976-77 (MacDonald Peak, q.v.). |
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