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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| Gibbs Bluff (AUS) | 73° 28' 43.0" S | 68° 21' 38.0" E | Bluff |
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Name ID: 187
Place ID: 5299
A rock bluff on the Mawson Escarpment, Mac.Robertson Land between Arriens Glacier and England Glacier. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1956, 1960 and 1973. Named after W.J. Gibbs, (then) Director of Meteorology, Department of Science, Melbourne. |
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| Mount Aldrich (NZL) | 80° 07' 29.9" S | 158° 14' 03.8" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 140086
Place ID: 187
A massive, somewhat flat-topped mountain standing at the east side of Ragotzkie Glacier in Britannia Range. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MN06 |
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| Mount Aldrich (USA) | 80° 07' 00.0" S | 158° 13' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 121674
Place ID: 187
A massive, somewhat flat-topped mountain standing at the E side of Ragotzkie Glacier in Britannia Range. Discovered by the BrNAE (1901-04) and named for Admiral Pelham Aldrich, who gave assistance to Scott in preparing the expedition. |
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