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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| Mount Cumming (RUS) | 76° 40' 00.0" S | 126° 00' 00.0" W | Mountain |
| Name ID: 117580 Place ID: 3198 | |||
| Mount Cumming (USA) | 76° 40' 00.0" S | 125° 48' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 123999
Place ID: 3198
A low, mostly snow-covered mountain, volcanic in origin, located midway between Mount Hampton and Mount Hartigan in the Executive Committee Range. A circular snow-covered crater occupies the summit area. Discovered by the USAS (1939-41) on a flight, Dec. 15, 1940, and named for Hugh S. Cumming, Jr., State Department member of the USAS Executive Committee. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy trimetrogon photography, 1958-60. |
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