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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| Drury Ridge (GBR) | 83° 39' 00.0" S | 55° 45' 00.0" W | Ridge |
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Name ID: 108570
Place ID: 3891
rising to 1285m W of Washington Escarpment, Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains, was surveyed from the ground by USGS, 1963-64, and photographed from the air by USN in 1964; named after David L. Drury, USARP meteorologist, "Ellsworth Station", summer 1959-60, winter 1961 ([in 83°39'S 55°39'W] USBGN, 1965, p.96; [co-ordinates corrected] USGS sheet SU 21-25/13, 1969; APC, 1974, p.3). |
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| Drury Ridge (USA) | 83° 39' 00.0" S | 55° 45' 00.0" W | Ridge |
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Name ID: 124536
Place ID: 3891
A mainly snow-covered ridge, 9 mi long, extending W from Nelson Peak in the Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN for David L. Drury, meteorologist at Ellsworth Station summer 1959-60, winter 1961. |
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