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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| Carnell Peak (USA) | 79° 28' 00.0" S | 85° 17' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 123320
Place ID: 2340
A peak (1,730 m) in Watlack Hills, situated 2.5 mi from the SE end of the group, in the Heritage Range, Ellsworth Mountains. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1961-66. Named by US-ACAN for Lt. D.L. Carnell, CEC, USN, maintenance officer at Williams Field, McMurdo Sound, in the 1965-66 season, who was responsible for the first piercing of the Ross Ice Shelf at 50 meters. |
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| Heth Ridge (AUS) | 69° 58' 00.1" S | 159° 45' 00.0" E | Ridge |
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Name ID: 2340
Place ID: 6331
A ridge about 7.4 km south of Hornblende Bluffs in Oates Lane. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. Named after S.R. Heth, biologist at Hallett station in the summer of 1968-69. |
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