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 Hook (GBR) | 83° 20' 00.0" S | 50° 00' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 109366
Place ID: 6575
rising to 1605m on E side of Saratoga Table, Forrestal Range, Pensacola Mountains, was photographed from the air by USN in 1964; following field work by USGS from 1965, named after Lieut. Richard M. Hook, USN (MC), medical officer, "South Pole Station", 1969 (APC, 1980, p.4). |
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| Mount Hook (USA) | 83° 20' 00.0" S | 50° 00' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 126677
Place ID: 6575
A mountainous snow-covered projection from the E side of Saratoga Table, 5 mi SE of Sorna Bluff, in the Forrestal Range, Pensacola Mountains (q.v.). Named by US-ACAN in 1979 after Lt. Richard M. Hook, USN, Medical Officer at South Pole Station, winter party 1969. |
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