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 Kirkby (AUS) | 70° 26' 34.5" S | 65° 11' 24.8" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 1381
Place ID: 7561
A very large, prominent, flat-topped mountain on the northern face of the Porthos Range in the Prince Charles Mountains. It is approximately 9 km long east-west and 4 km wide at the western end, tapering to the east. It rises to approximmately 2,100m (about 460 m above the plateau). First visited by the ANARE southern party led by William G. Bewsher in December, 1956. Named after S.L. Kirkby, surveyor at Mawson in 1956 and 1960. |
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| Mount Kirkby (RUS) | 70° 30' 00.0" S | 65° 12' 00.0" E | Mountain |
| Name ID: 118776 Place ID: 7561 | |||
| Mount Kirkby (USA) | 70° 26' 00.0" S | 65° 15' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 127435
Place ID: 7561
A large, linear, flat-topped mountain about 3 mi E of Crohn Massif in the Porthos Range, Prince Charles Mountains. First visited in December 1956 by the ANARE southern party led by W.G. Bewsher. Named by ANCA for Sydney L. Kirkby, surveyor at Mawson Station in 1956. |
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