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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| Bowen Cirque (GBR) | 80° 43' 00.0" S | 23° 27' 00.0" W | Cirque |
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Name ID: 107893
Place ID: 1674
near E end of Read Mountains, Shackleton Range, was photographed from the air by USN in 1967 and surveyed from the ground by BAS from Halley, 1968-71; in association with the names of geologists grouped in this area, named after Norman Levi Bowen (1887-1956), American experimental petrologist who specialized in the phase equilibria of silicate melt systems (APC, 1974, p.3; BAS 250P sheet SU 26-30/1, 1-DOS 1978). |
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| Bowen Cirque (USA) | 80° 42' 00.0" S | 23° 27' 00.0" W | Cirque |
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Name ID: 122790
Place ID: 1674
A cirque NNE of Mount Wegener in the Read Mountains, Shackleton Range. Photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967. Surveyed by BAS, 1968-71. In association with the names of geologists grouped in this area, named by the UK-APC in 1971 after Norman Levi Bowen (1887-1956), American experimental petrologist who specialized in the phase equilibria of silicate melt systems. |
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| Mount Fries (AUS) | 80° 57' 00.0" S | 156° 34' 59.9" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 1674
Place ID: 4966
A prominent peak, 1,983 m above sea level, one of the westernmost summits along the southern side of Byrd Glacier. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. Named by USACAN after R.H. Fries, auroral physicist at Amundsen-Scott Pole Station during the winter of 1963. |
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