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 Elliott (GBR) | 64° 25' 00.0" S | 60° 02' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 108670
Place ID: 4192
rising to 1290m SE of Detroit Plateau, Nordenskjöld Coast, was surveyed by FIDS from "Hope Bay" in December 1947; named after Frank Kenneth Elliott (b.1910), FIDS Base Leader, "Hope Bay", 1946-48, who also led the sledge party from "Hope Bay" to "Stonington Island", November 1947-January 1948; Secretary, FIDS, 1951-58 (Assistant Secretary, 1949-51) (APC, 1955, p.9; BAS 250 sheet SQ 19-20/4, 1-DOS 1974). |
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| Mount Elliott (USA) | 64° 24' 00.0" S | 60° 02' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 124778
Place ID: 4192
Conspicuous mountain, 1,265 m, with a few small rock exposures and ice-free cliffs on the SE side, standing 16 mi NW of Cape Sobral, on the E coast of Graham Land. Charted in 1947 by the FIDS and named for F.K. Elliott, leader of the FIDS base at Hope Bay in 1947 and 1948. |
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