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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| Hourglass Buttress (NZL) | 86° 40' 22.8" S | 146° 26' 03.0" W | Buttress |
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Name ID: 139610
Place ID: 6649
A rock buttress, rising to 2790m, approximately 6.4km west of Beard Peak in the La Gorce Mountains, Queen Maud Mountains. |
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| Hourglass Buttress (USA) | 86° 40' 00.0" S | 146° 28' 00.0" W | Buttress |
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Name ID: 126744
Place ID: 6649
A rock buttress, rising to 2,790 m, 3.5 mi W of Beard Peak in the La Gorce Mountains, Queen Maud Mountains. Mapped by the USGS from surveys and USN aerial photographs, 1960-64. Geologically mapped by a USARP-Arizona State University geological party, 1980-81. The name derives from a long snow chute up the face of the buttress. |
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