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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| Luck Nunatak (GBR) | 75° 19' 00.0" S | 72° 32' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 109919
Place ID: 8703
one of the Behrendt Mountains (q.v.), NW of Cape Zumberge, Orville Coast, was named after George D. Luck, USN, aviation machinist and crew member of the R4D aircraft party that established a camp in the vicinity of the eventual "Eights Station" in 1961 (USGS sketch map Ellsworth Land-Palmer Land, 1969; APC, 1975, p.4; BAS 500P sheet SS 17-20/SE, 1-DOS 1981). |
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| Luck Nunatak (USA) | 75° 19' 00.0" S | 72° 32' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 128213
Place ID: 8703
A nunatak 2 mi SW of Mount Caywood, in the Behrendt Mountains, Ellsworth Land. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1961-67. Named by US-ACAN for George D. Luck, crew member of the R4D aircraft party which established a base camp in the Eights Station vicinity in 1961. |
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