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 Curtiss (NZL) | 77° 06' 00.0" S | 162° 26' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 113090
Place ID: 16820
A peak (c. 1300 m) at the E end of the main ridge of Gonville and Caius Range, Victoria Land. Named after the seaplane tender USS Curtiss which transported personnel to McMurdo Sound in Operation Deep Freeze II, 1956-57. Departing, she carried out wintering-over personnel of Deep Freeze I and construction party personnel left at Cape Hallett. |
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| Mount Curtiss (USA) | 77° 06' 00.0" S | 162° 26' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 124018
Place ID: 16820
A peak (c. 1300 m) at the E end of the main ridge of Gonville and Caius Range, Victoria Land. Named after the seaplane tender USS Curtiss which transported personnel to McMurdo Sound in Operation Deep Freeze II, 1956-57. Departing, "she" carried out wintering-over personnel of Deep Freeze I and construction party personnel left at Cape Hallett. |
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