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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| Churchill Mountains (AUS) | 81° 30' 00.0" S | 158° 30' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 1516
Place ID: 2685
An important group of mountains between Byrd Glacier and Nimrod Glacier. These mountains include such towering features as Mount Wharton, Mount Albert Markham and Mount Nares. Named by the USACAN after the late Sir Winston Churchill. |
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| Churchill Mountains (RUS) | 81° 30' 00.0" S | 158° 30' 00.0" E | Mountain |
| Name ID: 117472 Place ID: 2685 | |||
| Churchill Mountains (USA) | 81° 30' 00.0" S | 158° 30' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 123563
Place ID: 2685
The major range of mountains and associated elevations bordering the W side of the Ross Ice Shelf between Byrd Glacier and Nimrod Glacier. Several of its highest summits, including Mounts Egerton, Field, Wharton, Albert Markham and Nares, were first seen and named by the BrNAE, 1901-04. The mountains were mapped in detail by the USGS from tellurometer surveys, 1960-61, and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960. Named by the US-ACAN for Sir Winston Churchill. |
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