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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| Burmester Dome (GBR) | 83° 22' 00.0" S | 50° 56' 00.0" W | Dome |
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Name ID: 108021
Place ID: 2081
summit snow dome (2095m) of Saratoga Table, Forrestal Range, Pensacola Mountains, was photographed from the air by USN in 1964; following USGS field work from 1965, named after Russell F. Burmester, US geologist, Western Washington State University, Bellingham, who worked in the area, 1978-79 (APC, 1980, p. 3). (USGS sheet SU 21-25/14, 1988) |
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| Burmester Dome (USA) | 83° 22' 00.0" S | 50° 56' 00.0" W | Dome |
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Name ID: 123109
Place ID: 2081
An ice-capped dome rising to 2,095 m in west-central Saratoga Table, Forrestal Range, in the Pensacola Mountains. At the suggestion of USGS party leader Arthur B. Ford, named by US-ACAN after Russell F. Burmester, geologist, Western Washington State University, Bellingham, WA, who worked in the Forrestal Range, 1978-79. |
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| Smith Peaks (AUS) | 67° 56' 30.1" S | 62° 29' 18.8" E | Peak |
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Name ID: 2081
Place ID: 13538
A group of peaks lying just south of Mount Hordern in Mac.Robertson Land, connected by a snow and rock ridge. F.A. Smith, diesel mechanic at Mawson in 1958 |
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