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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| Mount Fairweather (NZL) | 85° 04' 00.0" S | 166° 32' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 113268
Place ID: 4434
Descriptive name given by the Southern Party of the 1963-64 NZGSAE, who experienced a spell of unusually fine weather when working in the vicinity of the peak. |
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| Mount Fairweather (USA) | 85° 04' 00.0" S | 166° 32' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 124969
Place ID: 4434
A prominent mountain, 1,865 m, standing at the head of Somero Glacier, 4 mi NE of Mount Schevill, in the Queen Maud Mountains. So named by the Southern Party of the NZGSAE (1963-64), which experienced a spell of unusually fine weather while in the vicinity of this peak. |
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