Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Framnes Mountains (AUS) | 67° 50' 56.0" S | 62° 40' 50.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 1343
Place ID: 4899
A group of mountains which includes Mt. Henderson and the Masson, David and Casey Ranges. Discovered in February, 1931, by BANZARE under Sir Douglas Mawson who named the individual ranges and mountains. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Framnes Fjella. |
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| Framnes Mountains (USA) | 67° 50' 00.0" S | 62° 35' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 125347
Place ID: 4899
Group of mountains consisting of Casey, Masson, and David Ranges, and adjacent peaks and mountains. The three major ranges and other lesser features were sighted and named in February 1931 by the BANZARE under Mawson. This coast was also sighted by Norwegian whalers in the same season. The whole area was mapped in detail by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition in January 1937. This overall name for the several ranges was given by Christensen after Framnesfjellet, a hill near Sandefjord, Norway. |
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| Framnesfjella (RUS) | 67° 50' 00.0" S | 62° 25' 00.0" E | Mountain |
| Name ID: 118067 Place ID: 4899 | |||
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