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 Liptak (RUS) | 78° 45' 00.0" S | 84° 54' 00.0" W | Mountain |
| Name ID: 119089 Place ID: 8504 | |||
| Mount Liptak (USA) | 78° 45' 00.0" S | 84° 54' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 128096
Place ID: 8504
A mountain over 3,000 m with twin summits, located 7 mi SE of Mount Craddock in the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. First mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1957-59. Named by US-ACAN for L.H. Liptak, aviation machinist mate, USN, who served as plane captain on the first reconnaissance flights to this vicinity in January 1958. |
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