Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Elgar Uplands (GBR) | 69° 40' 00.0" S | 70° 43' 00.0" W | |
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Name ID: 108663
Place ID: 4171
rising to c. 1900m, between Tufts Pass to N and Sullivan Glacier to S, N Alexander Island, were seen from the air by BGLE, 1 February 1937; after map compilation by FIDS in 1959 from air photographs taken by RARE in 1947, named after Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934), English composer, in association with the names of other composers in this area ([in 69°34'S 70°30'W] APC, 1961, p.2; BA chart 3571, 14.vii.1961; Searle, 1963, end map; [co-ordinates corrected from USLANDSAT imagery of February 1975] APC, 1977, p.12; BAS 250P sheet SR 19-20/5 (Ext.), 1-DOS 1978). |
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| Elgar Uplands (USA) | 69° 39' 00.0" S | 70° 43' 00.0" W | |
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Name ID: 124761
Place ID: 4171
Uplands rising to 1,900 m, between Tufts Pass to the N and Sullivan Glacier to the S, in the N part of Alexander Island. First photographed from the air and roughly mapped by the BGLE in 1937. Remapped from air photos taken by the RARE, 1947-48, by Searle of the FIDS in 1960, and from U.S. Landsat imagery of February, 1975. Named by UK-APC after Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934), English composer. |
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