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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| Discovery, Mount (NZL) | 78° 22' 19.5" S | 165° 01' 02.1" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 113158
Place ID: 3674
A conspicuous isolated volcanic cone, 2681m high, lying at the head of McMurdo Sound and southeastward of the Koettlitz Glacier, overlooking the northwestern portion of the Ross Ice Shelf. |
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| Mount Discovery (RUS) | 78° 22' 00.0" S | 165° 00' 00.0" E | Mountain |
| Name ID: 117712 Place ID: 3674 | |||
| Mount Discovery (USA) | 78° 22' 00.0" S | 165° 01' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 124385
Place ID: 3674
A conspicuous, isolated volcanic cone, 2,680 m, lying at the head of McMurdo Sound and E of Koettlitz Glacier, overlooking the NW portion of the Ross Ice Shelf. It forms the center of a three-armed mass of which Brown Peninsula is one extension to the N.; Minna Bluff is a second to the E.; the third is Mount Morning to the west. Discovered by the BrNAE (1901-04) and named for their expedition ship Discovery. |
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