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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| Moody Peak (AUS) | 78° 22' 00.1" S | 158° 34' 00.1" E | Peak |
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Name ID: 1932
Place ID: 9793
A peak with precipitous southern and eastern faces marking the northern limit of the Boomerang Range. Plotted from US Navy aerial photographs. Named by USACAN after J.L. Moody, Aviation boatswains mate, USN, in charge of loading and off-loading aircraft at McMurdo, 1959-60. |
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| Mount Brown (AUS) | 68° 33' 57.6" S | 86° 06' 02.8" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 1648
Place ID: 1932
An elongated rock peak about 1,982 m above sea level which protrudes slightly above the plateau ice of Princess Elizabeth Land. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47) and named after Lieut. (Junior Grade) E.P. Brown USN, who took part in Operation Highjump. |
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| Mount Brown (RUS) | 68° 37' 00.0" S | 86° 00' 00.0" E | Mountain |
| Name ID: 117268 Place ID: 1932 | |||
| Mount Brown (USA) | 68° 18' 00.0" S | 86° 25' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 123004
Place ID: 1932
An elongated rock peak protruding slightly above the continental ice, situated 160 mi E of the Vestfold Hills and 100 mi SSW of Cape Penck. Delineated from air photos taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47), and named by US-ACAN for Lt. (j.g.) Eduardo P. Brown, USN, photographic officer for the Western Group of the expedition. |
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