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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| Erlanger Spur (GBR) | 83° 16' 00.0" S | 51° 06' 00.0" W | Spur |
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Name ID: 108702
Place ID: 4313
rising to c. 1500m on N side of May Valley, Forrestal Range, Pensacola Mountains, was photographed from the air by USN in 1964; following field work by USGS from 1965, named after George L. Erlanger, electronics specialist with Geophysical Survey Systems Inc., who worked with USA CRREL in this area, 1973-74 (APC, 1980, p.3). Erlanger Spur (USGS sheet SU 21-25/14, 1988) |
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| Erlanger Spur (USA) | 83° 16' 00.0" S | 51° 06' 00.0" W | Spur |
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Name ID: 124872
Place ID: 4313
A rock spur from the SW extremity of Lexington Table, Forrestal Range, in the Pensacola Mountains. The spur lies S of Abele Spur and extends W toward Blount Nunatak. Named by US-ACAN, at the suggestion of USGS geologist Arthur B. Ford, after George L. Erlanger, electronics specialist with Geophysical Survey Systems Inc., who worked with the USARP-CRREL survey in the Pensacola Mountains, 1973-74. |
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