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 Mackintosh (NZL) | 74° 22' 00.0" S | 161° 49' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 113821
Place ID: 8820
A dark appearing mountain peak westward of Mt Baxter and on the east side of the Reeves Glacier in Victoria Land. Charted by the BAE, 1907-09. Named for Captain Aenea L L Mackintosh, second officer of the expedition ship Nimrod, who lost an eye in an accident shortly after the expedition arrived in McMurdo Sound. Macintosh also accompanied the Ross Sea Party of Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, being in charge of the Aurora. He lost his life in a blizzard when attemtping to cross a section of the ice-covered McMurdo Sound. |
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| Mount Mackintosh (RUS) | 74° 20' 00.0" S | 162° 10' 00.0" E | Mountain |
| Name ID: 119185 Place ID: 8820 | |||
| Mount Mackintosh (USA) | 74° 22' 00.0" S | 161° 49' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 128311
Place ID: 8820
A peak (2,300 m) that rises from Skinner Ridge, 2 mi SW of Mount Fenton, on the western margin of the Eisenhower Range of Victoria Land. Charted by the BrAE (1907-09) under Ernest Shackleton, who named it for A.L.A. Mackintosh, Second Officer on the expedition ship, the Nimrod. |
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