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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| Magnet Hill (RUS) | 63° 22' 00.0" S | 57° 22' 00.0" W | Hill |
| Name ID: 119193 Place ID: 8850 | |||
| Magnet Hill (GBR) | 63° 21' 00.0" S | 57° 23' 00.0" W | Hill |
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Name ID: 109971
Place ID: 8850
highest point (570m) on Mott Snowfield, Trinity Peninsula, was so named following its use as a geomagnetic and topographic survey station by FIDS from "Hope Bay" in 1959 (APC, 1964, p.3; BAS 250 sheet SP 21-22/13, 1-DOS 1974). |
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| Magnet Hill (USA) | 63° 22' 00.0" S | 57° 22' 00.0" W | Hill |
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Name ID: 128338
Place ID: 8850
A small, distinctive snow-covered hill rising from Mott Snowfield, 4 mi NE of Camel Nunataks, Trinity Peninsula. The hill was the site of magnetometer and topographical survey stations and was named by the British geophysical and survey party which worked in this area in 1959. |
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