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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| Gabbro Hills (NZL) | 84° 42' 00.0" S | 173° 00' 00.0" W | Hill |
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Name ID: 113362
Place ID: 5045
A group of ranges rising to 1500m, which border the Ross Ice Shelf, between the Gough and Barrett Glaciers. They extend inland about 12 miles to a snow passage north of Mt Llano, between the head of the Barrett Glacier and Gough Glacier. Named by the Southern Party fo the NZGSAE, 1963-64, because of the prevalence of gabbro, a dark, plutonic rock in the area. |
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| Gabbro Hills (RUS) | 84° 42' 00.0" S | 173° 00' 00.0" W | Hill |
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| Gabbro Hills (USA) | 84° 42' 00.0" S | 173° 00' 00.0" W | Hill |
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Name ID: 125474
Place ID: 5045
A group of rugged ridges and coastal hills which borders the Ross Ice Shelf between the Barrett and Gough Glaciers and extends S to Ropebrake Pass. So named by the Southern Party of NZGSAE (1963-64) because of the prevalence of gabbro, a dark, plutonic rock in the area. |
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