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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| Columbia Mountains (GBR) | 70° 14' 00.0" S | 63° 51' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 108263
Place ID: 2864
rising to c. 2200m E of Dyer Plateau, N central Palmer Land, and comprising Bardsdell Nunatak, Mount Brocoum and Dalziel Ridge, were photographed from the air by USN, 1966-69, and mapped from air photographs by USGS; named after Columbia University, New York, which in several seasons between 1967 and 1975 sent geologists to study the structure of the Scotia Ridge area (APC, 1977, p.9; USGS sketch map Palmer Land (North Part), 1979). |
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| Columbia Mountains (USA) | 70° 14' 00.0" S | 63° 51' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 123717
Place ID: 2864
A striking group of largely bare rock peaks, ridges and nunataks located near the E margin of the Dyer Plateau, 20 mi SE of the Eternity Range, in Palmer Land. Mapped by USGS in 1974. Named by US-ACAN after Columbia University, New York City, which for several seasons in the 1960s and 1970s has sent geologists to study the structure of the Scotia Ridge. |
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