Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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 Lopez (RUS) | 72° 02' 00.0" S | 101° 40' 00.0" W | Mountain |
| Name ID: 119131 Place ID: 8639 | |||
| Mount Lopez (USA) | 72° 00' 00.0" S | 101° 41' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 128032
Place ID: 8639
A peak of the Walker Mountains, located 5 mi E of Landfall Peak in the W part of Thurston Island. Delineated from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Named by US-ACAN for Ens. Maxwell A. Lopez, USN, a member of the expedition who lost his life in a seaplane crash at Thurston Island on Dec. 30, 1946. |
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