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 Lecointe (NZL) | 83° 09' 00.0" S | 161° 09' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 113751
Place ID: 8265
The central of three mountains lying by themselves about 45 miles inland from the Ross Ice Shelf in the Queen Alexandra Range and about 27 miles south-south-east of Mt Markham. Discovered and named by the BAE, 1907-09. Lieutenant Georges Lecointe was second in command of the Belgica expedition, 1897-99, under de Gerlache. |
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| Mount Lecointe (RUS) | 83° 09' 00.0" S | 161° 09' 00.0" E | Mountain |
| Name ID: 119015 Place ID: 8265 | |||
| Mount Lecointe (USA) | 83° 09' 00.0" S | 161° 09' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 127900
Place ID: 8265
A conspicuous mountain, 3,620 m, located 3 mi NW of Mount Rabot in the Queen Elizabeth Range. Named by the BrAE (1907-09) for Lt. Georges Lecointe, who was second in command of the BelgAE (1897-99) under Gerlache. |
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