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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Prentice Plateau (NZL) | 77° 29' 00.0" S | 160° 37' 00.0" E | Plateau |
Name ID: 135702
Place ID: 17780
A nearly rectangular plateau of c. 9 square mi (14.5 sq km) at the N side of Victoria Upper Glacier and W of Apollo Peak, Olympus Range, Victoria Land. The upper surface (c.1850 m) is ice covered except for scoured outcrops. Named by US-ACAN (2004) after Michael L. Prentice, Department of Earth Sciences, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH; in USAP for 15 years from c. 1983 including work in McMurdo Dry Valleys. |
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Prentice Plateau (USA) | 77° 29' 00.0" S | 160° 37' 00.0" E | Plateau |
Name ID: 136269
Place ID: 17780
A nearly rectangular plateau of c. 9 square mi at the N side of Victoria Upper Glacier and W of Apollo Peak, Olympus Range, Victoria Land. The upper surface (c.1850 m) is ice covered except for scoured outcrops. Named by US-ACAN (2004) after Michael L. Prentice, Department of Earth Sciences, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH; in USAP for 15 years from c. 1983 including work in McMurdo Dry Valleys. |
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