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)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Karo Hills (USA) | 85° 34' 00.0" S | 154° 10' 00.0" W | Hill |
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Name ID: 127262
Place ID: 7370
Rounded, ice-free foothills extending for 12 mi along the W side of the terminus of Scott Glacier, from Mount Salisbury NNW to the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf. First seen and roughly mapped by the ByrdAE, 1928-30. Named by US-ACAN for Admiral H. Arnold Karo, Director of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1955-65. |
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