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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| Carpenter Nunatak (AUS) | 73° 29' 43.0" S | 61° 19' 35.0" E | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 1745
Place ID: 2348
A snow-covered rock peak about 19 km south-west of Pardoe Peak on Mount Menzies in the southern Prince Charles Mountains. Photographed from ANARE aircraft in 1957 and 1960. Mapped from Mount Menzies by an ANARE party led by D Trail in 1961. Named after Geoff D.P. Smith, carpenter at Mawson in 1961. |
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| Carpenter Nunatak (RUS) | 73° 35' 00.0" S | 61° 05' 00.0" E | Nunatak |
| Name ID: 117380 Place ID: 2348 | |||
| Carpenter Nunatak (USA) | 73° 37' 00.0" S | 61° 15' 00.0" E | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 123327
Place ID: 2348
An isolated nunatak between Mount Mather and the Mount Menzies massif in the southern Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from the summit of Mount Menzies by an ANARE dog-sledge party in 1961. Named by ANCA for G.D.P. Smith, the carpenter at Mawson Station, 1961. |
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| Finger Ridges (AUS) | 79° 10' 59.9" S | 156° 55' 00.1" E | Ridge |
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Name ID: 2348
Place ID: 4610
About twelve ridges and spurs, mainly ice-free, extending over a distance of about 24 km east-west. The individual ridges are relatively short, mostly 2-4 km long and project northwards from the higher ice-covered surface to the south. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. The descriptive name was given by USACAN. |
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