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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| Cochran Peak (USA) | 79° 39' 00.0" S | 84° 39' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 123658
Place ID: 2798
A sharp peak rising in the S part of Gifford Peaks, in the Heritage Range, Ellsworth Mountains. Mapped by USGS from ground surveys and USN air photos, 1961-66. Named by US-ACAN for Henry B. Cochran, IGY weather central meteorologist at Little America V in 1958. |
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