Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Athelstan, monte (ARG) | 70° 09' 00.0" S | 69° 20' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 100146
Place ID: 600
En costa W del canal Sarmiento, península antártica occidental. Fue fotografiado desde el aire en 1935 por Lincoln Ellsworth. En 1936, fue cartografiada por la BGLE y en 1948/49 por el FIDS, quien la nominó así en recuerdo del rey sajón de Inglaterra. Fue publicado en TSAA2. SHN carta H-7. |
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| Helen Glacier (AUS) | 66° 39' 12.0" S | 93° 50' 12.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 600
Place ID: 6209
A glacier on the coast of Queen Mary Land, marked by a series of heavy, broken and crevassed icefalls. Discovered by the Western Base Party of AAE (1911-14). Named by Sir Douglas Mawson after the wife of Sir Lucas Tooth of Sydney, a patron of the expedition. |
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| Mount Athelstan (GBR) | 70° 09' 00.0" S | 69° 20' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 107590
Place ID: 600
rising to c. 1600m, N of Trench Glacier, Alexander Island, was photographed from the air by Ellsworth, 23 November 1935 (Joerg, 1936); roughly surveyed by BGLE in 1936 (Stephenson and Fleming, 1940); resurveyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island", 1948-49, and named after Athelstan (895-940), Saxon King of England (925-940), in association with the names of other Saxon Kings of England in this area (APC, 1955, p.4; DOS 610 sheet W 70 68, 1960; BAS 250P sheet SR 19-20/9, 1-DOS 1978). |
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| Mount Athelstan (USA) | 70° 10' 00.0" S | 69° 16' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 121986
Place ID: 600
Prominent, partly ice-covered mountain, 1,615 m, at the N side of Trench Glacier on a spur which extends E from Douglas Range on the E coast of Alexander Island. The E side of Douglas Range was first photographed from the air on Nov. 23, 1935, by Lincoln Ellsworth, and this feature was mapped from the photos by W.L.G. Joerg. It was roughly surveyed in 1936 by the BGLE under Rymill. Resurveyed in 1948 and 1949 by the FIDS, and named by them for Athelstan, Saxon king of England, 924-937. |
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