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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| Fang Ridge (NZL) | 77° 29' 00.0" S | 167° 12' 00.0" E | Ridge |
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Name ID: 113272
Place ID: 4456
A ridge connecting the Lower and Upper Fang on Mt Erebus, on Ross Island. It is a much denuded portion of the original caldera rim left by a catestrophic eruption. Named by Debenham when making his plane table survey in 1912. |
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| Fang Ridge (RUS) | 77° 29' 00.0" S | 167° 13' 00.0" E | Ridge |
| Name ID: 117945 Place ID: 4456 | |||
| Fang Ridge (USA) | 77° 29' 00.0" S | 167° 12' 00.0" E | Ridge |
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Name ID: 124987
Place ID: 4456
A conspicuous ridge on the NE slope of Mount Erebus, on Ross Island. It is a much denuded portion of the original caldera rim left by a catastrophic eruption. So named, probably for its curved shape, by Frank Debenham of the BrAE, 1910-13, who made a plane table survey in 1912. |
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