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
Mount Askin (AUS) 80° 10' 32.5" S 157° 53' 10.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 138237 Place ID: 17021

High (c.3020 m) flat-topped mountain between Dartmouth Peak and Mount Aldrich on the main ridge of Britannia Range.

Mount Askin (NZL) 80° 10' 00.0" S 157° 53' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 134253 Place ID: 17021

High (c.3000 m) flat-topped mountain between Mount McClintock and Mount Aldrich on the main ridge of Britannia Range. Named by US-ACAN after Rosemary A. Askin, geologist, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State University, who, 1970-2000, worked in diverse parts of Antarctica as Antarctic Peninsula, South Shetland Islands, Victoria Land and the Transantarctic Mountains, including the general vicinity of this mountain.

Mount Askin (USA) 80° 10' 00.0" S 157° 53' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 121960 Place ID: 17021

High (c.3000 m) flat-topped mountain between Mount McClintock and Mount Aldrich on the main ridge of Britannia Range. Named by US-ACAN after Rosemary A. Askin, geologist, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State University, who, 1970-2000, worked in such diverse parts of Antarctica as Antarctic Peninsula, South Shetland Islands, Victoria Land and the Transantarctic Mountains, including the general vicinity of this mountain.

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