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)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Stribog Mountains (BGR) | 64° 12' 00.0" S | 62° 20' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 137962
Place ID: 19587
The principal mountain system of Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago, rising to 2520 m (Mount Parry). The feature is 40 km long in N-S direction and 15 km wide, connected to Stavertsi Ridge to the NE by Viamata Saddle, to Avroleva Heights to the E by Doriones Saddle, and to Solvay Mountains to the S by Aluzore Gap. Heavily glaciated, with steeper and partly ice-free W slopes. British mapping in 1980 and 2008. Named after the Slavic god of wind, ice and cold Stribog. |
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