Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
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| M'Clintock Bastion (GBR) | 80° 28' 00.0" S | 22° 28' 00.0" W | Buttress |
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Name ID: 109942
Place ID: 8769
rising to c. 1300m on Pioneers Escarpment (q.v.), E Shackleton Range, in association with the names of pioneers of polar life and travel grouped in this area, was named after Adm. Sir (Francis) Leopold M'Clintock, RN (1819-1907), British Arctic explorer and pioneer in adopting Eskimo methods of overland travel; he took part in three Franklin search voyages, 1848-54, and commanded Fox, 1857-59, on the voyage to Arctic Canada that finally determined the fate of Sir John Franklin's expedition (APC, 1974, p.5; BAS 250P sheet SU 26-30/1, 1-DOS 1978). |
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| M'Clintock Bastion (USA) | 80° 28' 00.0" S | 22° 28' 00.0" W | Buttress |
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Name ID: 128264
Place ID: 8769
Mountain rising to c. 1,400 m to the W of Mount Kelsey in the Pioneers Escarpment, Shackleton Range. Photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967. Surveyed by the BAS, 1968-71. In association with the names of pioneers of polar life and travel grouped in this area, named by the UK-APC in 1971 after Adm. Sir Francis Leopold M'Clintock, RN (1819-1907), British Arctic explorer and pioneer in adopting Eskimo methods of overland travel; he took part in three Franklin search voyages, 1848-54, and commanded Fox, 1857-59, on the voyage to Arctic Canada that finally determined the fate of Sir John Franklin's expedition. |
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