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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| Mount Chandler (GBR) | 75° 17' 00.0" S | 72° 33' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 108142
Place ID: 2500
one of the Behrendt Mountains (q.v.), rising to c. 1400m, was surveyed on USGS Antarctic Peninsula Traverse, 1961-62, and photographed from the air by USN, 1965-67; named after Lieut. Cdr J. L. Chandler, USN, pilot of R4D aircraft in support of the traverse party (USGS sketch map Ellsworth Land-Palmer Land, 1969; APC, 1975, p.3; BAS 500P sheet SS 17-20/SE, 1-DOS 1981). |
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| Mount Chandler (USA) | 75° 17' 00.0" S | 72° 33' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 123439
Place ID: 2500
A mountain 2.5 mi NW of Mount Caywood in the Behrendt Mountains, Ellsworth Land. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1961-67. Named by US-ACAN for Lt. Cdr. J.L. Chandler, USN, pilot of R4D aircraft in support of the Antarctic Peninsula Traverse party to this area, 1961-62. |
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| Rogatka Strait (AUS) | 66° 05' 47.8" S | 101° 03' 47.8" E | Strait |
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Name ID: 2500
Place ID: 12288
The strait runs east off the Edisto Channel between the north-eastern tip of Thomas Island and the western part of the Charnockite Peninsula. At its narrowest between the two landforms it is 0.4 kms wide. Mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1956. |
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