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 Jenkins (GBR) | 75° 08' 00.0" S | 69° 10' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 109522
Place ID: 7103
highest of the Sweeney Mountains (q.v.), rising to 1705m, was named after W. H. Jenkins, USASA hospital corpsman, "South Pole Station", winter 1963 (APC, 1975, p.4; USGS sketch map Ellsworth Land- Palmer Land, 1969; BAS 500P sheet SS 17-20/SE, 1-DOS 1981). |
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| Mount Jenkins (USA) | 75° 08' 00.0" S | 69° 10' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 127078
Place ID: 7103
A mountain, 1,705 m, standing 7 mi NE of Mount Edward in the Sweeney Mountains, Ellsworth Land. Discovered and photographed by the RARE, 1947-48. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1961-67. Named by US-ACAN for W.H. Jenkins, hospital corpsman at South Pole Station, winter party 1963. |
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