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 Christmas (NZL) | 81° 54' 00.0" S | 161° 56' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 112990
Place ID: 2668
A uniform, sharp cone, about 1889m high, standing isolated above Cape May and nearer the western edge of the Ross Ice Shelf than the main range. Discovered by the NAE, 1901-04, in December 1902 and so named because it was the most salient feature in view when the Southern Polar Party was abreast of it on Christmas Day. |
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| Mount Christmas (RUS) | 81° 53' 00.0" S | 161° 55' 00.0" E | Mountain |
| Name ID: 117463 Place ID: 2668 | |||
| Mount Christmas (USA) | 81° 54' 00.0" S | 161° 56' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 123551
Place ID: 2668
A uniform sharp peak, 1,745 m, standing 9 mi WSW of Cape May, in the Nash Range. Discovered by the BrNAE (1901-04) and so named because it was the most salient feature in view when the polar party was abreast of it on Christmas Day, 1902. |
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