Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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Coombs Hills (AUS) | 76° 46' 00.1" S | 160° 00' 00.0" E | Hill |
Name ID: 692
Place ID: 2947
An area of broken and largely snow-free hills and valleys, about 90 square km in area lying south-eastof Allen Nunatak and separated from it by the Odell Glacier. Discovered by the TAE (1956-58). Named after Professor D S Coombs, Professor of Geology at Otago University, who assisted the expedition. |
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Coombs Hills (NZL) | 76° 47' 00.0" S | 160° 00' 00.0" E | Hill |
Name ID: 113042
Place ID: 2947
An area of broken and largely snow-free hills and valleys, about 25 square miles in area lying south-east of Allan Nunatak, and separated from it by the Odell Glacier. At the south end of the hills stands the 2590m Mount Brooke, from the base of which narrow ridges run south and south-east into the upper Mackay névé. Discovered by the Northern Survey Party of the NZTAE, 1956-58, in December 1957, and named by them after Professor D S Coombs, Professor of Geology at the University of Otago, New Zealand, who assisted the expedition in obtaining essential petrological equipment. It lies partly in Australian territory. |
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Coombs Hills (USA) | 76° 47' 00.0" S | 160° 00' 00.0" E | Hill |
Name ID: 123786
Place ID: 2947
An area of broken and largely snow-free hills and valleys between the Odell and Cambridge Glaciers in Victoria Land. Discovered in 1957 by the N.Z. Northern Survey Party of the CTAE (1956-58) and named by them for D.S. Coombs, professor of geology at the University of Otago, New Zealand, who assisted the expedition in obtaining essential petrological equipment. |
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