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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| Mount Byrd (USA) | 77° 10' 00.0" S | 144° 38' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 123180
Place ID: 2160
A mountain (810 m) located 1 mi N of the E end of Asman Ridge in the Sarnoff Mountains, Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by the USAS (1939-41) led by R. Admiral Richard E. Byrd. Named by US-ACAN for Richard E. Byrd, Jr., son of Admiral Byrd and a member of Operation Highjump (1946-47), who was of assistance to US-ACAN in clarifying a large number of name suggestions put forth by his father. |
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| Stopes Point (AUS) | 76° 36' 00.0" S | 159° 34' 59.9" E | Point |
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Name ID: 2160
Place ID: 14075
The northermost point on Tilman Ridge in the Allan Hills. Discovered by the NZARP Allan Hills Expedition (1964). Named after Dr. Marie Stopes, authority on Carboniferous paleobotany, and hence associated with the geology of the area. |
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