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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| Grindley Plateau (NZL) | 84° 09' 00.0" S | 166° 05' 00.0" E | Plateau |
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Name ID: 113441
Place ID: 5710
A high plateau in the central Queen Alexandra Range, approximately 200 square miles in extend and varying from 2700 to over 3900m in elevation. It is bordered by the peaks of Bell, Mackellar and Kirkpatrick. Named by the Northern Party of the NZGSAE, 1961-62, for George Grindley, a senior geologist of the party. |
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| Grindley Plateau (USA) | 84° 09' 00.0" S | 166° 05' 00.0" E | Plateau |
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Name ID: 125972
Place ID: 5710
A high icecapped plateau in the central Queen Alexandra Range, bordered by the peaks of Mount Mackellar, Mount Bell and Mount Kirkpatrick. Named by the Northern Party of the NZGSAE (1961-62) for George Grindley, senior geologist of the party. |
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