Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Gambacorta Peak (GBR) | 84° 02' 00.0" S | 56° 03' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 108959
Place ID: 5094
rising to c. 1840m at S end of Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains, was surveyed from the ground by USGS and photographed from the air by USN, 1963-64; named after Capt. Francis M. Gambacorta, USN, commanding USS Wyandot during establishment of "Ellsworth Station", summer 1956-57 ([in 84 02'S 55 44'W] USBGN, 1965, p.97; [co-ordinates corrected] USGS sheet SV 21-30/1, 1968; APC, 1974, p.4). Nunatak Gambakorta (Soviet Union. MMF sheet V-21-V-30, 1972). |
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| Gambacorta Peak (USA) | 84° 02' 00.0" S | 56° 03' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 125510
Place ID: 5094
A peak, 1,840 m, standing 4 mi E of Mount Kaschak in southern Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN for Capt. Francis M. Gambacorta, captain of the USS Wyandot that transported the party which established Ellsworth Station at the outset of the International Geophysical Year. Unloading at the station site on the Filchner Ice Shelf began Jan. 29, 1957. |
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