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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| Ascent Glacier (AUS) | 83° 13' 00.1" S | 156° 22' 00.1" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 576
Place ID: 556
A small glacier leading from the polar plateau into the upper Aurora Glacier. Discovered and named by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological and Survey Antarctic Expedition (1961-62) which used the glacier to gain access to and from the central Miller Range. |
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| Astarte Horn (GBR) | 71° 40' 00.0" S | 68° 52' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 107581
Place ID: 576
rising to c. 1400m WSW of Venus Glacier (q.v.), Alexander Island, following surveys by BAS, 1961-73, was named in association with the glacier, Astarte being identified with Venus in mythology (APC, 1975, p.3; BAS 250P sheet SR 19-20/14, 2-DOS 1984). |
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| Astarte Horn (USA) | 71° 40' 00.0" S | 68° 52' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 121969
Place ID: 576
A pyramidal peak at the S end of the N-S range extending to Mount Umbriel, in eastern Alexander Island. The feature was mapped from trimetrogon air photography taken by RARE, 1947-48, and from survey by FIDS, 1948-50. Named by UK-APC in association with nearby Venus Glacier; the goddess Venus being identified with the Phoenician goddess Astarte in mythology. |
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