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 Bockheim (NZL) | 78° 02' 22.6" S | 161° 59' 00.3" E | Peak |
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Name ID: 139711
Place ID: 17449
A peak, 2749m, at the northwest end of Maine Ridge in Royal Society Range. The peak is bordered north and south by Tedrow Glacier and Matataua Glacier respectively. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MG09 |
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| Mount Bockheim (USA) | 78° 02' 00.0" S | 161° 59' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 135894
Place ID: 17449
A peak, 2749 m, at the NW end of Maine Ridge in Royal Society Range. The peak is bordered N and S by Tedrow Glacier and Matataua Glacier. Named by US-ACAN (1995) after James G. Bockheim, Department of Soil Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, who made soil development studies of McMurdo Dry Valleys in 12 field seasons during the 1970s and 1980s. |
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