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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| Mount Grieg (RUS) | 71° 27' 00.0" S | 73° 22' 00.0" W | Mountain |
| Name ID: 118290 Place ID: 5680 | |||
| Mount Grieg (GBR) | 71° 36' 00.0" S | 73° 11' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 109113
Place ID: 5680
rising to c. 600m at head of Brahms Inlet, Beethoven Peninsula, W Alexander Island, following map compilation by FIDS in 1959 from air photographs taken by RARE in 1947, was named after Edvard Hagerup Grieg (1843-1907), Norwegian composer, in association with the names of other composers in this area ([in 71 27'S 73 22'W] APC, 1961, p.3; DOS 710, sheet 14, 1963; Searle, 1963, folding map; [co-ordinates corrected from USLANDSAT imagery of January 1973] BAS 250P sheet SR 17-18/15, 16, 1-DOS 1974; APC, 1977, p.15). Gora Griga (Soviet Union. AA, 1966, Pl.24). |
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| Mount Grieg (USA) | 71° 34' 00.0" S | 73° 10' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 125947
Place ID: 5680
Snow-covered mountain, c. 800 m, with a rock-exposed W side, overlooking the SE part of Brahms Inlet on Beethoven Peninsula in the SW part of Alexander Island. A number of mountains in this vicinity first appear on maps by the RARE, 1947-48. This mountain, apparently one of these, was mapped from RARE air photos by Searle of the FIDS in 1960; remapped by USGS, 1988. Named by UK-APC after Edvard Grieg (1843-1907), Norwegian composer. |
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