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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| Branson Nunatak (AUS) | 67° 55' 06.6" S | 62° 45' 34.9" E | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 1898
Place ID: 1764
A prominent peak between Price Nunatak and the main massif of the South Masson Range in Mac.Robertson Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Horntind (Mountain Peak Mountain Peak). |
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| Brooks Nunatak (GBR) | 84° 59' 00.0" S | 66° 18' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 107972
Place ID: 1898
rising to 1615m in S Patuxent Range, Pensacola Mountains, was surveyed from the ground by USGS in 1961-62 and photographed from the air by USN in 1964; named after Robert E. Brooks, USARP biologist, "South Pole Station", summer 1966-67 (USGS sheet SV 11-20/4, 1969; APC, 1974, p.3). |
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| Brooks Nunatak (USA) | 84° 59' 00.0" S | 66° 18' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 122973
Place ID: 1898
An isolated nunatak, 1,615 m, standing 6 mi SW of Shurley Ridge on the S side of Mackin Table in the Patuxent Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN for Robert E. Brooks, biologist at South Pole Station, summer 1966-67. |
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