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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| Clarkson Peak (NZL) | 83° 19' 00.0" S | 164° 34' 00.0" E | Peak |
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Name ID: 113002
Place ID: 2733
A prominent conical peak on a spur running westward from Mt Miller. It lies between Claydon Peak and Mt Allen Young. Discovered on 4 January 1958, and named by the Southern Survey Party of the NZTAE, 1956-58, for Mr T R Clarkson a member fo the Ross Sea Committee and Chairman of its Communications Sub-Committee which ensured that Scott Base and the field parties had first-class radio equipment. |
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| Clarkson Peak (USA) | 83° 19' 00.0" S | 164° 34' 00.0" E | Peak |
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Name ID: 123601
Place ID: 2733
A prominent conical peak, 2,825 m, at the head of Robb Glacier, on the spur running W from Mount Miller. Sighted in January 1958 by the N.Z. Southern Party of the CTAE (1956-58), and named for Mr. T.R. Clarkson, a member of the Ross Sea Committee. |
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