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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| Convoy Range (NZL) | 76° 47' 00.0" S | 160° 45' 00.0" E | Range |
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Name ID: 113041
Place ID: 2930
A broad range, much of it with an almost flat, plateau-like summit, extending south from the Fry Saddle, forming the western boundary of Fry drainage, and ending at the Mackay Glacier. The range is steeply cliffed along almost the whole of its eastern side, but on the west for the most part slopes gently into the Cambridge Glacier, except at the northern end where steep slopes descend to ice of the Mawson drainage. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MC07 |
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| Convoy Range (RUS) | 76° 47' 00.0" S | 160° 40' 00.0" E | Range |
| Name ID: 117530 Place ID: 2930 | |||
| Convoy Range (USA) | 76° 47' 00.0" S | 160° 45' 00.0" E | Range |
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Name ID: 123771
Place ID: 2930
A broad range, much of it with an almost flat, plateau-like summit, extending S from the Fry Saddle and ending at Mackay Glacier. The range is steeply cliffed on its E side, but on the W it slopes gently into the Cambridge Glacier. The N.Z. Northern Survey Party of the CTAE (1956-58) worked in this area in 1957. Named by them after the main convoy into McMurdo Sound in the 1956-57 season, the names of the various vessels being used for features in the range. |
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