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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| Lines Ridge (AUS) | 72° 33' 47.0" S | 68° 18' 44.0" E | Ridge |
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Name ID: 2300
Place ID: 8477
A narrow, broken rock ridge about 17 km long, at the northern end of the Mawson Escarpment. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1956, 1958 and 1973. Named after John D. Lines, (then) Assistant Director, of the (then) Division of National Mapping, Australian Department of Minerals and Energy. |
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| Mount Capley (USA) | 79° 32' 00.0" S | 83° 13' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 123290
Place ID: 2300
A peak, 1,810 m, in the Nimbus Hills of the Heritage Range. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1961-66. Named by US-ACAN for Lt. Cdr. Joe H. Capley, USN, pilot on photographic flights over Marie Byrd and Ellsworth Lands in Deep Freeze 1965 and 1966. |
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