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 Forecast (AUS) | 70° 39' 48.6" S | 64° 19' 54.5" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 1676
Place ID: 4816
A large mountain in the Bennett Escarpment, consisting of several peaks, about 37 km south-west of Crohn Massif in the Prince Charles Mountains. Recorded on terrestrial photographs taken by S L Kirkby, surveyor at Mawson in 1956, and on aerial photography by ANARE in 1965. Named after Mark J Forecast, weather observer at Wilkes in 1965. |
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| Mount Forecast (RUS) | 70° 39' 00.0" S | 64° 16' 00.0" E | Mountain |
| Name ID: 118041 Place ID: 4816 | |||
| Mount Forecast (USA) | 70° 40' 00.0" S | 64° 18' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 125277
Place ID: 4816
A large mountain comprising several peaks, standing just NE of Mount Brown-Cooper and 12.5 mi SW of Mount Pollard in the Prince Charles Mountains. Mapped from ANARE surveys and air photos, 1956-65. Named by ANCA for M.J. Forecast, weather observer at Wilkes Station, 1965. |
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