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 Chivers (USA) | 82° 32' 00.0" S | 161° 26' 00.0" E | Mountain |
Name ID: 123532
Place ID: 2639
Mountain, 1,755 m, standing between the mouths of Otago and Tranter Glaciers in the N part of Queen Elizabeth Range. Mapped by the USGS from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by US-ACAN for Hugh J.H. Chivers, USARP upper atmosphere physicist at Byrd, South Pole and Hallett Stations, 1962-63. |
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