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 Gran (NZL) | 76° 59' 00.0" S | 160° 58' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 113422
Place ID: 5602
A flat-topped mountain, 1920m high, overlooking the upper portion of the Mackay Glacier in Victoria Land. Discovered by the BAE, 1910-13, which named this feature for Tryggve Gran, ski expert with the expedition. He was a Norwegian naval officer who accompanied the Second Western Geological Party, led by Taylor, to the Granite Harbour area. |
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| Mount Gran (USA) | 76° 59' 00.0" S | 160° 58' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 125882
Place ID: 5602
Large flat-topped mountain, 2,235 m, standing at the N side of Mackay Glacier and immediately W of Gran Glacier in Victoria Land. Discovered by the BrAE (1910-13) which named it for Tryggve Gran, Norwegian naval officer who was a ski expert with the expedition. |
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