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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| Gannon Nunataks (GBR) | 70° 43' 00.0" S | 69° 28' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 108964
Place ID: 5104
rising to c. 750m at N end of LeMay Range, Alexander Island, were surveyed by BAS in 1973 and named after Anthony Edward Gannon (b. 1945), BAS meteorological observer, Halley, 1970-72, general assistant, "Grytviken", 1972, and builder, "Stonington Island", 1973-75, who took part in the survey (APC, 1980, p.3; BAS 250P sheet SR 19-20/9, 1-DOS 1978). |
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| Gannon Nunataks (USA) | 70° 43' 00.0" S | 69° 28' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 125520
Place ID: 5104
A notable twin-peaked nunatak (c. 750 m) and several smaller rock outcrops, located between the N end of LeMay Range and Lully Foothills in Alexander Island. The feature was photographed from the air by RARE, 1947-48, and mapped from these photographs by D. Searle of FIDS, 1960. Named in 1977 by the UK-APC for Anthony E. Gannon, BAS meteorological observer, Halley Station, 1970-72, general assistant, Grytviken, 1972, and builder, Stonington Island, 1973-75, who participated in a plane-table survey of N Alexander Island, 1973. |
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