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 Austin (RUS) | 74° 55' 00.0" S | 63° 10' 00.0" W | Mountain |
| Name ID: 116898 Place ID: 665 | |||
| Mount Austin (GBR) | 74° 53' 00.0" S | 63° 11' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 107606
Place ID: 665
rising to 955m at head of Gardner Inlet, Orville Coast, was photographed from the air and from the ground by RARE on 21 November 1947 (Ronne, 1948b, photograph Fig. 16, p.371); surveyed by FIDS-RARE from "Stonington Island" in 1947-48; named Mount Stephen Austin after Stephen Fuller Austin (1793-1836), American colonizer in Texas and one of the founders of the Republic of Texas in 1821 (AGS, map 1948; Ronne, 1948b, p.390). Mount Austin (Ronne, 1948b, p.371; APC, 1955, p.4; DOS 601 sheet W 74 62, 1958; USGS sketch map Ellsworth Land-Palmer Land, 1969). Gora Ostin (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Monte Austin (Chile. IGM map 28, 1966). |
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| Mount Austin (USA) | 74° 53' 00.0" S | 63° 10' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 122036
Place ID: 665
Conspicuous rock mass rising to 955 m, projecting into the head of Gardner Inlet, on the E coast of Palmer Land. Discovered by the RARE, 1947-48, under Ronne, and named by him for Stephen F. Austin, American colonizer in Texas and one of the founders of the Republic of Texas. |
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