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 Gist (AUS) | 67° 13' 59.9" S | 98° 51' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 1356
Place ID: 5349
A mountain about 1,529 m above sea level, marked by a cluster of small peaks protruding above the ice, about 14.5 km WNW of Mount Strathcona in Queen Mary Land. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN operation Highjump (1946-47) and named by USACAN after Lieut. F.J. Gist, USN, co-pilot and navigator on Operation Highjump flights in this area. |
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| Mount Gist (RUS) | 67° 22' 00.0" S | 98° 55' 00.0" E | Mountain |
| Name ID: 118183 Place ID: 5349 | |||
| Mount Gist (USA) | 67° 21' 00.0" S | 98° 54' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 125704
Place ID: 5349
A mountain 8 mi NW of Mount Strathcona near the head of Denman Glacier. Mapped from aerial photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47), and named by US-ACAN for Lt. Francis J. Gist, USN, co-pilot and navigator on Operation Highjump photographic flights over this and other coastal areas between 14 and 164 East. |
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