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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| Cumpston Massif (AUS) | 73° 36' 00.0" S | 66° 48' 00.0" E | Massif |
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Name ID: 1309
Place ID: 3200
A prominent, flat-topped rock outcrop, about 2,070 m high, 14.5 km long and 7-13 km wide, at the junction of the Lambert and Mellor Glaciers in Mac.Robertson Land. Discovered in November, 1956, from an ANARE aircraft. Named for Dr J S Cumpston (then) of the Aust Dept of External Affairs who, with E P Bayliss, was responsible for the map of Ant. pub. in 1939 by the (then) Property and Survey Branch, Dept of the Interior, Canberra. |
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| Cumpston massif (RUS) | 73° 35' 00.0" S | 66° 35' 00.0" E | Massif |
| Name ID: 117581 Place ID: 3200 | |||
| Cumpston Massif (USA) | 73° 33' 00.0" S | 66° 53' 00.0" E | Massif |
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Name ID: 124001
Place ID: 3200
A prominent, flat-topped rock massif, 2,070 m, trending N-S for 9 mi at the junction of Lambert and Mellor Glaciers in the Prince Charles Mountains, Mac. Robertson Land. Discovered in Nov. 1956 during an ANARE flight. Named by ANCA for J.S. Cumpston of the Australian Dept. of External Affairs, who, with E.P. Bayliss, was responsible for the 1939 map of Antarctica by the Property and Survey Branch, Dept. of Interior, Canberra. |
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