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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| Mount Harrington (NZL) | 72° 45' 00.0" S | 168° 57' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 113482
Place ID: 6031
One of the highest points on the eastern end of the Victory Mountains, it rises 2682m on the west side of Whitehall Glacier and south of Mt Northampton. Named by the NZ Antarctic Place Names Committee for Dr H J Harrington who led the NZGSAE, 1957-58, which explored in this region, and also led the NZGSAE, 1958-59. |
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| Mount Harrington (USA) | 72° 45' 00.0" S | 168° 57' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 126225
Place ID: 6031
One of the highest peaks in the E end of the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land, rising to 2,610 m on the W side of Whitehall Glacier and 5 mi SW of Mount Northampton. Named in 1960 by NZ-APC after geologist Hilary J. Harrington, who led the NZGSAE in exploring this region, 1957-58, and also led NZGSAE in the McMurdo Sound region, 1958-59; USARP investigator (with Russell J. Korsch) in the McMurdo Sound region, 1968-69. |
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