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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| Bowers Peak (NZL) | 71° 45' 00.0" S | 163° 20' 00.0" E | Peak |
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Name ID: 112852
Place ID: 1680
A high peak in the Lanterman Range. Named by the Northern Party, NZARP, 1963-64, for Lt Bowers of VX-6 Squadron, who flew support flights for the New Zealand Party. |
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| Bowers Peak (USA) | 71° 45' 00.0" S | 163° 20' 00.0" E | Peak |
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Name ID: 122796
Place ID: 1680
A peak, 2,140 m, forming a part of the divide between the Hunter and Hoshko Glaciers in the Lanterman Range, Bowers Mountains. Named by the northern party of NZGSAE, 1963-64, for Lt. John M. Bowers, Jr., of USN Squadron VX-6, who flew support flights for this New Zealand field party. |
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| Mount Ester (AUS) | 82° 18' 00.0" S | 155° 04' 00.1" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 1680
Place ID: 4349
A mountain about 24 km north-west of Mount Macpherson in Geologists Range. Plotted by the US Geological Survey from air photographs taken by the US Navy in 1960-62. Named by USACAN after D W Ester, geologist at McMurdo station in 1962-63. |
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