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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| Lucy Glacier (AUS) | 82° 24' 00.0" S | 158° 25' 00.1" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 579
Place ID: 8704
A large glacier glowing into the Nimrod Glacier between Cobham Range and Geologists Range. This region was explored by a party from the N.Z. Geological Expedition (1964-65). Named after W.R. Lucy, surveyor with the expedition. |
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| Mount Astor (NZL) | 86° 01' 00.0" S | 155° 30' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 112688
Place ID: 579
A prominent peak, 3,710 m, standing 2 mi N of Mount Bowser in the Hays Mountains of the Queen Maud Mountains. Discovered by R. Admiral Byrd on the ByrdAE flight of November 1929 to the South Pole, and named by him for Vincent Astor, contributor to the expedition. |
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| Mount Astor (RUS) | 85° 57' 00.0" S | 156° 00' 00.0" W | Mountain |
| Name ID: 116881 Place ID: 579 | |||
| Mount Astor (USA) | 86° 01' 00.0" S | 155° 30' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 121972
Place ID: 579
A prominent peak, 3,710 m, standing 2 mi N of Mount Bowser in the Hays Mountains of the Queen Maud Mountains. Discovered by R. Admiral Byrd on the ByrdAE flight of November 1929 to the South Pole, and named by him for Vincent Astor, contributor to the expedition. |
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