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 Hughes (AUS) | 79° 31' 00.1" S | 157° 22' 59.9" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 1382
Place ID: 6729
A mountain about 2,350 m above sea level, south of Mount Longhurst in the Britannia Range, on the western side of the Ross Ice Shelf. Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901-04) under Scott, who named it after J.F. Hughes, Honorary Secretary of the Royal Geological Society, 1895-1907. |
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| Mount Hughes (NZL) | 79° 30' 42.2" S | 157° 24' 02.1" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 140041
Place ID: 6729
A mountain, c.2250m midway between Mount Longhurst and Tentacle Ridge in the Cook Mountains. Mercury Glacier hangs from its southern slopes. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MM05; NZMS 166 ST57-60/13 (December 1965). |
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| Mount Hughes (USA) | 79° 31' 00.0" S | 157° 23' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 126809
Place ID: 6729
A mountain, 2,250 m, midway between Mount Longhurst and Tentacle Ridge in the Cook Mountains. Discovered by the BrNAE (1901-04) and named for J.F. Hughes, an Honorary Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society, who helped in the preparation for the expedition. |
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