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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| Herbert Range (NZL) | 85° 22' 00.0" S | 165° 30' 00.0" W | Range |
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Name ID: 113528
Place ID: 6280
A range of mountains forming the western wall of the Axel Heiberg Glacier, and including Mt Fridtjof Nansen, Mt Balchen and Mt Betty. Surveyed by the Southern Party of the NZGSAE, 1961-62, and named by the NZ Antarctic Place Names Committee for Mr W W Herbert, leader of the party, and veteran of four years in the Antarctic. |
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| Herbert Range (USA) | 85° 22' 00.0" S | 165° 30' 00.0" W | Range |
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Name ID: 126452
Place ID: 6280
A range in the Queen Maud Mountains, extending from the edge of the polar plateau to the Ross Ice Shelf between the Axel Heiberg and Strom Glaciers. Named by the NZ-APC for Walter W. Herbert, leader of the Southern Party of the NZGSAE (1961-62) which explored the Axel Heiberg Glacier area. |
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