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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Cleveland Mesa (USA) | 86° 19' 00.0" S | 130° 00' 00.0" W | Mesa |
Name ID: 123624
Place ID: 2761
A high, ice-covered mesa, 5 mi long and 3 mi wide, situated at the SE end of Michigan Plateau. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1960-64. Named by US-ACAN for Harlan Cleveland, Asst. Sec. of State for International Organization Affairs, 1961-65, who was Chairman of the Antarctic Policy Group in 1965. |
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