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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| Granite Pillars (NZL) | 83° 36' 00.0" S | 170° 45' 00.0" E | Pillar |
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Name ID: 139503
Place ID: 5596
Initially called Cathedral Rocks. Conspicuous ice-free rock pillars at the west side of lower Beardmore Glacier, 3.4km east of Mount Ida in the Queen Alexandra Range. |
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| Granite Pillars (USA) | 83° 36' 00.0" S | 170° 45' 00.0" E | |
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Name ID: 125878
Place ID: 5596
Conspicuous ice-free rock pillars at the W side of lower Beardmore Glacier, 2 mi E of Mount Ida in the Queen Alexandra Range. Discovered by BrAE (1907-09), and first named the "Cathedral Rocks," but changed later to avoid confusion with a feature of that name in the Royal Society Range. |
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