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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Guettard Range (RUS) | 74° 21' 00.0" S | 63° 27' 00.0" W | Range |
Name ID: 118318 Place ID: 5773 | |||
Guettard Range (GBR) | 74° 21' 00.0" S | 63° 27' 00.0" W | Range |
Name ID: 109137
Place ID: 5773
running NW-SE between Johnston Glacier and Irvine Glacier, Bowman Coast, rising to c. 1700m and including Mount Lampert, Mount Laudon and Mount Mull, was photographed from the air by USN, 1965-67, and mapped from air photographs by USGS; in association with the names of geologists grouped in this area, named after Jean Etienne Guettard (1715-86), French naturalist and geologist (USGS sketch map Ellsworth Land-Palmer Land, 1969; APC, 1975, p.3; BAS 500P sheet SS 17-20/SE, 1-DOS 1981). Cordón Martín Fierro, probably after a member of AAE and apparently referring to the SE part of this feature (Argentina. MD, 1978, letter M). |
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Guettard Range (USA) | 74° 21' 00.0" S | 63° 27' 00.0" W | Range |
Name ID: 126015
Place ID: 5773
A mountain range, 40 mi long and 10 mi wide, located NW of Bowman Peninsula and between the Johnston and Irvine Glaciers, in the SE extremity of Palmer Land. The feature was photographed from the air by RARE, 1947-48. It was mapped from USGS surveys and USN air photos, 1961-67. Named by US-ACAN for French naturalist and geologist Jean Etienne Guettard, 1715-86. |
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Martín Fierro, cordón (ARG) | 74° 38' 00.0" S | 62° 42' 00.0" W | Range |
Name ID: 101489 Place ID: 5773 |
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