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 Durham (NZL) | 85° 33' 54.0" S | 151° 11' 31.6" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 140088
Place ID: 3977
A mainly ice-free mountain, c.860m, standing at the east side of the mouth of Scott Glacier and marking the northwest limit of the Tapley Mountains in the Queen Maud Mountains. |
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| Mount Durham (RUS) | 85° 32' 00.0" S | 150° 40' 00.0" W | Mountain |
| Name ID: 117812 Place ID: 3977 | |||
| Mount Durham (USA) | 85° 33' 00.0" S | 151° 12' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 124597
Place ID: 3977
A mainly ice-free mountain, 860 m, standing at the E side of the mouth of Scott Glacier and marking the NW limit of the Tapley Mountains in the Queen Maud Mountains. First observed in December 1929 by the ByrdAE geological party under Laurence Gould. The mountain was climbed in December 1934 by the ByrdAE geological party under Quin Blackburn, and was named by Byrd after Durham, NH, seat of the University of New Hampshire and home of Stuart D.L. Paine, a member of the latter party. |
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