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 Gale (NZL) | 70° 46' 00.0" S | 166° 12' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 113366
Place ID: 5072
A prominent peak, mostly ice-covered, at the southern end of a north-south trending ridge, south of Yule Bay in Northern Victoria Land. Named by the ANC of Australia for Cdr d'A T Gale, formerly of the RAN and hydrographic surveyor with the ANARE 1962. |
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| Mount Gale (USA) | 70° 46' 00.0" S | 166° 12' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 125493
Place ID: 5072
A promontory at the N end of Frecker Ridge in the Anare Mountains, Victoria Land. It stands at the S side of the confluence of Ludvig Glacier and Kirkby Glacier. Named by ANCA for Cdr. d'A.T. Gale, formerly of the RAN, hydrographic surveyor with the ANARE (Thala Dan) cruise that explored this coast, 1962. |
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