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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| Finger Ridges (AUS) | 79° 10' 59.9" S | 156° 55' 00.1" E | Ridge |
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Name ID: 2348
Place ID: 4610
About twelve ridges and spurs, mainly ice-free, extending over a distance of about 24 km east-west. The individual ridges are relatively short, mostly 2-4 km long and project northwards from the higher ice-covered surface to the south. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. The descriptive name was given by USACAN. |
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| Finger Ridges (NZL) | 79° 10' 18.4" S | 157° 00' 58.1" E | Ridge |
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Name ID: 140388
Place ID: 4610
About twelve ridges and spurs, mainly ice-free, extending over a distance of about 27km east-west, including Seay Peak at the northeast extreme. The individual ridges are relatively short, mostly 2-4km long and project northwards from the higher ice-covered surface to the south, and mostly contiguously rocky. |
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| Finger Ridges (USA) | 79° 11' 00.0" S | 157° 00' 00.0" E | Ridge |
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Name ID: 125104
Place ID: 4610
Several mainly ice-free ridges and spurs extending over a distance of about 12 miles, east-west, in the NW part of the Cook Mountains. The individual ridges are 1 to 2 miles long and project northward from the higher main ridge. Mapped by the USGS from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1959-63. The descriptive name was given by the US-ACAN. |
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