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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| Kent Plateau (AUS) | 80° 43' 59.9" S | 157° 49' 59.9" E | Plateau |
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Name ID: 2128
Place ID: 7468
An ice plateau, exceeding 1,800 m above sea level, about 22 km long and 7 km wide, extending northward from Mount Egerton and Kiwi Pass to the vicinity of Mount Hamilton. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. Named by USACAN after Cdr. D.F. Kent, USN, logistics officer to Admiral Dufek at the outset of USN Operation Deepfreeze in 1956-57. |
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| Kent Plateau (NZL) | 80° 44' 00.0" S | 157° 50' 00.0" E | Plateau |
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Name ID: 140379
Place ID: 7468
An ice plateau averaging 1700m where it flattens in the centre, but ranging between 1500-1800m, approximately 22km and 4-6kmkm wide, extending northward from Mount Egerton and Kiwi Pass the northeast to the vicinity of Mount Hamilton. |
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| Kent Plateau (USA) | 80° 44' 00.0" S | 157° 50' 00.0" E | Plateau |
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Name ID: 127347
Place ID: 7468
An ice-covered plateau, 12 mi long and 4 mi wide, extending northward from Mount Egerton and Kiwi Pass to the vicinity of Mount Hamilton, in the Churchill Mountains. Named by US-ACAN for Cdr. Donald F. Kent, USN, logistics officer to Admiral Dufek at the outset of USN Operation Deep Freeze I, 1955-56. |
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