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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| Harold Byrd Mountains (RUS) | 85° 10' 00.0" S | 146° 30' 00.0" W | Mountain |
| Name ID: 118376 Place ID: 6023 | |||
| Harold Byrd Mountains (USA) | 85° 26' 00.0" S | 146° 30' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 126216
Place ID: 6023
A group of exposed mountains and nunataks which extend in an E-W direction between the lower part of Leverett Glacier and the head of the Ross Ice Shelf Discovered in December 1929 by the ByrdAE geological party under Laurence Gould, and named by R. Admiral Byrd for D. Harold Byrd, a cousin and a contributor towards the purchase of furs for the expedition. |
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