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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| Astro Peak (GBR) | 83° 29' 00.0" S | 57° 00' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 107585
Place ID: 584
rising to 835m in Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains, was photographed from the air by USN in 1964 and so named because an astronomical station was established there by USGS in 1965-66 (Huffman and Schmidt, 1966) (USGS sheet SU 21-25/13, 1969; APC, 1974, p.3). |
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| Astro Peak (USA) | 83° 29' 00.0" S | 57° 00' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 121977
Place ID: 584
A peak, 835 m, standing 1 mi off the W end of Berquist Ridge in the Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains. So named by US-ACAN because the USGS established an astro control station on this peak during the 1965-66 season. |
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| Judith Glacier (AUS) | 80° 28' 59.9" S | 158° 49' 00.1" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 584
Place ID: 7251
A glacier about 17 km long, flowing north-eastward from Mount Hamilton to Byrd Glacier, which it joins just east of Mount Tuatara. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. Named by USACAN after Cdr. J.H. Judith, USN, captain of USS Edisto during USN Operation Deepfreeze, 1964. |
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