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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| Festive Plateau (AUS) | 79° 24' 00.0" S | 157° 30' 00.0" E | Plateau |
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Name ID: 2124
Place ID: 4554
A plateau, 2440 m above sea level, about 19 km long and 6 km wide, just north of Mount Longhurst. Named by two members of the Darwin Glacier Party of the TAE (1956-58) who spent Christmas Day 1957 on the plateau. |
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| Festive Plateau (NZL) | 79° 24' 00.0" S | 157° 30' 00.0" E | Plateau |
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Name ID: 140404
Place ID: 4554
A plateau, averaging 2440m above sea level, extending approximately 18km west from Mill Mountain, and some 7km wide just north of Mount Longhurst, in the Cook Mountains. The feature has sheer cliffs and icefalls to the north and south. |
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| Festive Plateau (USA) | 79° 24' 00.0" S | 157° 30' 00.0" E | Plateau |
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Name ID: 125062
Place ID: 4554
An ice-covered plateau over 2,200 m, about 10 mi long and 3 mi wide, just N of Mount Longhurst in the Churchill Mountains. Named by two members of the Darwin Glacier Party of the CTAE (1956-58) who spent Christmas Day 1957 on the plateau. |
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