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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| Mount Hordern (AUS) | 67° 55' 47.3" S | 62° 29' 11.6" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 1570
Place ID: 6595
A peak about 1,500 m high, about 7 km south of Mount Coates in the David Range, Mac.Robertson Land. Probably first seen, together with other peaks of the Masson, David and Casey Ranges on 4 January, 1930, and again on 5 January, 1930, by BANZARE (1929-31) under Sir Douglas Mawson, who plotted and named it about 14 February, 1930. Named after Sir Samuel Hordern of Sydney, a patron of BANZARE. First visited by an ANARE party led by J.M. Béchervaise in 1956. |
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| Mount Hordern (RUS) | 67° 56' 00.0" S | 62° 29' 00.0" E | Mountain |
| Name ID: 118505 Place ID: 6595 | |||
| Mount Hordern (USA) | 67° 56' 00.0" S | 62° 29' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 126694
Place ID: 6595
Peak, 1,510 m, standing 4 mi S of Mount Coates in the David Range. Discovered in February 1931 by the BANZARE under Mawson, and named for Sir Samuel Horden, a patron of this expedition and the AAE under Mawson, 1911-14. |
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