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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| Ackerman Nunatak (GBR) | 82° 41' 00.0" S | 47° 45' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 107438
Place ID: 41
rising to 655m at N end of Forrestal Range, Pensacola Mountains, was probably a feature sighted by the Argentine Grupo Aeronaval UT 78 on the first Argentine flight to the South Pole in January 1962 (Butler Rocks, q.v.) and called Nunatak U.T.7.8. (Pierrou, 1970, p.703); photographed from the air by USN in 1964 and surveyed from the ground on USGS Pensacola Mountains Project, 1965-66; named after Thomas A. Ackerman, USN, aerographer (MCB, Special Detachment Bravo ), Ellsworth Station , winter 1957 (USGS sheet SU 21-25/10, 1969; APC, 1974, p. 3). |
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| Ackerman Nunatak (USA) | 82° 41' 00.0" S | 47° 45' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 121564
Place ID: 41
An isolated nunatak, 655 m, standing 6.5 mi SSE of Butler Rocks in northern Forrestal Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN for Thomas A. Ackerman, aerographer, Ellsworth Station winter party, 1957. |
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| Luchistaja Bay (AUS) | 66° 04' 00.1" S | 101° 21' 00.0" E | Bay |
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Name ID: 41
Place ID: 8700
Bunger Hills. Charted by the SAE in 1956. |
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