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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| Forlidas Ridge (GBR) | 82° 29' 00.0" S | 51° 16' 00.0" W | Ridge |
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Name ID: 108874
Place ID: 4826
rising to c. 930m and running NW from Dufek Massif, Pensacola Mountains, was photographed from the air by USN in 1964 and surveyed from the ground on USGS Pensacola Mountains Project, 1965-66; named after Charles W. Forlidas, USN (MCB, Special Detachment Bravo), radioman "Ellsworth Station", winter 1957 (USGS sheet SU 21-25/10, 1969; APC, 1974, p.4). |
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| Forlidas Ridge (USA) | 82° 29' 00.0" S | 51° 16' 00.0" W | Ridge |
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Name ID: 125286
Place ID: 4826
A rock ridge that forms the W side of Davis Valley in the Dufek Massif, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN after Charles W. Forlidas, radioman, Ellsworth Station winter party, 1957. |
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