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 Leo (GBR) | 69° 30' 00.0" S | 66° 58' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 109803
Place ID: 8346
rising to 1270m SE of Forster Ice Piedmont, Fallières Coast, was surveyed by BGLE in 1936-37; photographed from the air by RARE in 1947 and re-surveyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in November 1958; so named in reference to its shape, which resembles that of a recumbent lion (APC, 1962, p.19; DOS 610 sheet W 69 66, 1963). |
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| Mount Leo (USA) | 69° 29' 00.0" S | 67° 00' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 127951
Place ID: 8346
An isolated mountain (1,270 m) at the SE margin of Forster Ice Piedmont on the W side of Antarctic Peninsula. The mountain has steep rock cliffs on its S side. First roughly surveyed by BGLE. 1936-37. Photographed from the air by RARE, 1947, and resurveyed by FIDS, 1958. The name applied by UK-APC is suggestive of the shape of the feature, which resembles a recumbent lion. |
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