Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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 Christi (RUS) | 62° 56' 00.0" S | 62° 25' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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| Mount Christi (GBR) | 62° 54' 37.3" S | 62° 24' 07.2" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 108198
Place ID: 2664
rising to c. 1280m near N end of Smith Island, following the work of an RN Hydrographic Survey Unit, 1951-52, was called Mount Smith ([Hunt], chart, 1951-52a); named Mount Christi from the name Cape Christi applied by Foster to Cape Smith (q.v.) (APC, 1955, p.7; BA, 1961, p.243). |
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| Mount Christi (USA) | 62° 55' 00.0" S | 62° 24' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 123548
Place ID: 2664
Mountain, 1,280 m, standing nearly 3 mi NE of Mount Pisgah in the NE part of Smith Island, South Shetland Islands. The name Cape Christi was given for the N cape of Smith Island by a British expedition under Foster, 1828-31, but that feature had already been named Cape Smith. Since the latter name is approved for the cape, the UK-APC recommended in 1953 that for the sake of historical continuity the name Christi be approved for the mountain now described. |
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