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)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Freshfield Nunatak (GBR) | 80° 28' 00.0" S | 24° 53' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 108916
Place ID: 4949
rising to c. 1250m on SE side of Herbert Mountains, Shackleton Range, was photographed from the air by USN in 1967 and surveyed from the ground by BAS from Halley, 1968-71; in association with the names of pioneers of polar life and travel grouped in this area, named after Douglas William Freshfield (1845-1934), English geographer and mountaineer in the Caucasus and Himalaya, who initiated widespread recognition of the place of mountaineering in exploration; President of RGS, 1914-17 (APC 1974, p.4; BAS 250P sheet SU 26-30/1, 1-DOS 1978). |
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| Freshfield Nunatak (USA) | 80° 28' 00.0" S | 24° 53' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 125394
Place ID: 4949
An isolated nunatak rising to c. 1,450 m to the SE of Herbert Mountains in the Shackleton Range. Photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967, and surveyed by BAS, 1968-71. In association with the names of pioneers of polar life and exploration grouped in this area, named by the UK-APC in 1971 after Douglas W. Freshfield (1845-1934), English geographer and mountaineer in the Caucasus Mountains and the Himalayas. |
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