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 Boyer (GBR) | 75° 05' 00.0" S | 72° 04' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 107908
Place ID: 1719
rising to c. 1500m in Merrick Mountains (q.v.), was surveyed on USGS Antarctic Peninsula Traverse, 1961-62, and photographed from the air by USN, 1965-66; named after CPO Francis C. Boyer, USN, hospital corpsman in charge of "Eights Station" in 1964 (USGS sketch map Ellsworth Land-Palmer Land, 1969; APC, 1975, p.3; BAS 500P sheet SS 17-20/SE, 1-DOS 1981). |
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| Mount Boyer (USA) | 75° 07' 00.0" S | 72° 04' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 122834
Place ID: 1719
A mountain 1 mi SW of Mount Becker, in the Merrick Mountains, Ellsworth Land. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1961-67. Named by US-ACAN for Francis C. Boyer, hospital corpsman, USN, chief petty officer in charge of Eights Station in 1964. |
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| Tilley Nunatak (AUS) | 67° 23' 57.8" S | 60° 02' 54.6" E | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 1719
Place ID: 14718
A bold outcrop about 95 m high on the western end of the coast of Mac.Robertson Land. Discovered in February 1936 by the William Scoresby Expedition. |
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