Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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 Edred (RUS) | 70° 32' 00.0" S | 69° 00' 00.0" W | Mountain |
| Name ID: 117841 Place ID: 4084 | |||
| Mount Edred (GBR) | 70° 34' 00.0" S | 69° 03' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 108635
Place ID: 4084
rising to c. 2200m near S end of Douglas Range, Alexander Island, was photographed from the air and roughly surveyed by BGLE in October 1936; re-surveyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in 1949; in association with the names of Saxon Kings of England in this area, named after Edred (923-55), King of England, 946-55 (APC, 1955, p.9; USHO chart 6638, 1955; DOS 610 sheet W 70 68, 1960). Gora Edred (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). |
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| Mount Edred (USA) | 70° 35' 00.0" S | 69° 00' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 124688
Place ID: 4084
Prominent ice-covered mountain, 2,195 m, which stands 10 mi inland from George VI Sound and marks the S limit of Douglas Range on Alexander Island. First photographed from the air on Nov. 23, 1935 by Lincoln Ellsworth and mapped from these photos by W.L.G. Joerg. Its E side was roughly surveyed in 1936 by the BGLE and resurveyed in 1949 by the FIDS. Named by the FIDS for Edred, Saxon king of England, 946-955. The W face of the mountain was mapped from air photos taken by the RARE, 1947-48, by Searle of the FIDS in 1960. |
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