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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| Hays Mountains (NZL) | 86° 00' 00.0" S | 155° 00' 00.0" W | Mountain |
| Name ID: 113494 Place ID: 6146 | |||
| Hays Mountains (RUS) | 85° 57' 00.0" S | 155° 20' 00.0" W | Mountain |
| Name ID: 118408 Place ID: 6146 | |||
| Hays Mountains (USA) | 86° 00' 00.0" S | 155° 00' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 126326
Place ID: 6146
A large group of mountains and peaks of the Queen Maud Mountains, surmounting the divide between the lower portions of Amundsen and Scott Glaciers and extending from the vicinity of Mount Thorne on the northwest to Mount Dietz on the southeast. Discovered by R. Admiral Byrd on the South Pole flight of November 28-29, 1929, and mapped in part by the ByrdAE geological parties to this area in 1929 and 1934. Named by Byrd for Will Hays, former head of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors. |
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