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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| Jackson Tooth (GBR) | 80° 25' 00.0" S | 23° 16' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 109489
Place ID: 7020
W-most feature of Pioneers Escarpment (q.v.), Shackleton Range, rising to 1215m, in association with the names of pioneers of polar life and travel grouped in this area, was named after Major Frederick George Jackson (1860-1938), English Arctic explorer who in 1895 designed the essential features of the pyramid tent, later to become standard equipment on British polar expeditions; Leader of the Jackson-Harmsworth Expedition to Franz Josef Land, 1894-97 (APC, 1974, p.4; BAS 250P sheet SU 26-30/1, 1-DOS 1978). |
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| Jackson Tooth (USA) | 80° 25' 00.0" S | 23° 16' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 127018
Place ID: 7020
Nunatak rising to 1,215 m at the W end of Pioneers Escarpment (q.v.), Shackleton Range. In association with the names of pioneers of polar life and travel grouped in this area, named by the UK-APC in 1971 after Major Frederick George Jackson (1860-1938), English Arctic explorer who in 1895 designed the features of the pyramid tent, later to become standard equipment on British polar expeditions. |
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