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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| Apollo Peak (NZL) | 77° 30' 00.0" S | 160° 48' 00.0" E | Peak |
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Name ID: 112667
Place ID: 446
A dolerite capped peak rising to 1,900 m W of Mount Electra in the Olympus Range, Victoria Land. The peak was named by the NZ-APC in 1984 after work carried out by the NZARP. Named after the god Apollo, in association with other names from Greek mythology in this range. |
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| Apollo Peak (USA) | 77° 30' 00.0" S | 160° 48' 00.0" E | Peak |
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Name ID: 121870
Place ID: 446
A dolerite capped peak rising to 1,900 m W of Mount Electra in the Olympus Range, Victoria Land. The peak was named by the NZ-APC in 1984 after work carried out by the NZARP. Named after the god Apollo, in association with other names from Greek mythology in this range. |
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| Green Glacier (AUS) | 79° 43' 00.1" S | 156° 10' 00.1" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 446
Place ID: 5640
A small glacier flowing from the Darwin Mountains into the Darwin Glacier. Discovered by the Darwin Glacier Party of the TAE (1956-58) who named it because of the green colour of its surface. |
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