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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| Bryse Peaks (AUS) | 72° 43' 00.1" S | 74° 51' 00.0" E | Peak |
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Name ID: 1955
Place ID: 1972
A small nunatak, with two peaks, about 19 km NNW of Mount Harding in the Grove Mountains, Princess Elizabeth Land. Plotted from ANARE air photographs. Named after R A Bryse, topographic draughtsman with the (then) Division of National Mapping of the Australian Department of National Development, who contributed substantially to the production of Antarctic maps. |
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| Bryse Peaks (USA) | 72° 43' 00.0" S | 74° 50' 00.0" E | Peak |
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Name ID: 123035
Place ID: 1972
A small nunatak, with two peaks, located 4 mi NNE of Mason Peaks in the Grove Mountains. Mapped from ANARE air photos, 1956-60. Named by ANCA for R.A. Bryse, topographic draftsman, Division of National Mapping, Australian Dept. of National Development, who has contributed substantially to the production of Antarctic maps. |
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| Latham Peak (AUS) | 66° 21' 00.0" S | 51° 48' 00.0" E | Peak |
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Name ID: 1972
Place ID: 8179
A peak about 24 km south-east of Mt. Biscoe in Enderby Land. Discovered in January, 1930, by BANZARE (1929-31) under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named it after the Rt. Hon. Sir John Latham, Minister for External Affairs in the Australian Commonwealth Government, 1931-34. |
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