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)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| DesRoches Nunataks (GBR) | 84° 53' 00.0" S | 67° 08' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 108489
Place ID: 3571
rising to 1535m in SW Patuxent Range, Pensacola Mountains, were surveyed from the ground by USGS in 1961-62 and photographed from the air by USN in 1964; named after Joseph DesRoches, USARP meteorologist, "South Pole Station", 1960 (USGS sheet SV 1-20/4, 1969; APC, 1982, p.3). Desroches [sic] Nunataks, in error (APC, 1974, p.3). |
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| DesRoches Nunataks (USA) | 84° 53' 00.0" S | 67° 08' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 124299
Place ID: 3571
Two nunataks standing 3 mi E of Postel Nunatak in southwestern Patuxent Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN for Joseph DesRoches, meteorologist at South Pole Station, winter 1967. |
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