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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| Bates Nunatak (AUS) | 80° 15' 00.0" S | 153° 30' 00.0" E | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 1838
Place ID: 997
A small isolated nunatak, 1,991 m above sea level in the nivi of the Byrd Glacier below the crest of the Polar Plateau. Discovered by the Darwin Glacier Party of the TAE (1956-58). Named by the NZ Antarctic Place Names Committee after J Bates, a member of the TAE, who accompanied Sir Edmund Hillary to the South Pole. |
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| Brewer Peak (USA) | 71° 34' 00.0" S | 168° 28' 00.0" E | Peak |
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Name ID: 122922
Place ID: 1838
A peak (2,110 m) along the W wall of Pitkevitch Glacier near the glacier's head, in the Admiralty Mountains, Victoria Land. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by US-ACAN for Thomas J. Brewer, CS1, USN, Commissaryman at McMurdo Station, 1967. |
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