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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| Cape Rundingen (AUS) | 68° 01' 58.8" S | 79° 49' 58.8" E | Cape |
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Name ID: 2602
Place ID: 12497
An ice cape about 66 kms north-east along the coast from Walkabout Rocks. The cape is about 5 kms wide. The feature was first named by Lars Christensen's Expedition, 1936-37 and appears on the Hansen series of maps dated 1946. |
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| Chester Mountains (RUS) | 76° 40' 00.0" S | 145° 40' 00.0" W | Mountain |
| Name ID: 117443 Place ID: 2602 | |||
| Chester Mountains (USA) | 76° 40' 00.0" S | 145° 35' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 123512
Place ID: 2602
Group of mountains just N of the mouth of Crevasse Valley Glacier and 10 mi N of Saunders Mountain in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by the ByrdAE (1933-35) and named for Colby M. Chester, president of General Foods Corporation, who gave generous support to the Byrd expeditions. |
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