Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Hill Nunatak (RUS) | 84° 00' 00.0" S | 54° 45' 00.0" W | Hill |
| Name ID: 118450 Place ID: 6386 | |||
| Hill Nunatak (GBR) | 84° 00' 00.0" S | 54° 45' 00.0" W | Hill |
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Name ID: 109314
Place ID: 6386
rising to c. 1450m on S side of Iroquois Plateau, Pensacola Mountains, was photographed from the air by USN, 13 January 1956, on a non-stop flight from McMurdo Sound, Ross Dependency, to the Weddell Sea and back; in association with the names of other crew members grouped in the area, named after CPO Jack O. Hill, USN, aerial photographer on the flight ([shown in c. 84°35'S 52°00'W] NGS map, 1957b; USBGN, 1960, p,4; [correctly shown] USGS sheet SU 21-25/13, 1969; APC, 1974, p.4). Nunatak Khill (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). The nunatak was surveyed from the ground by USGS and rephotographed from the air by USN, 1963-64. |
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| Hill Nunatak (USA) | 84° 00' 00.0" S | 54° 45' 00.0" W | Hill |
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Name ID: 126529
Place ID: 6386
A prominent nunatak rising above the ice at the SE end of the Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains, 8 mi ENE of Gambacorta Peak. Discovered and photographed on Jan. 13, 1956 during a USN transcontinental plane flight from McMurdo Sound to the Weddell Sea and return. Named by US-ACAN for Jack O. Hill, aerial photographer on this flight. |
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