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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| Matterhorn (NZL) | 77° 40' 00.0" S | 162° 27' 00.0" E | |
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Name ID: 113858
Place ID: 9149
A peak near Taylor Glacier Dry Valley in Victoria Land. Named by Taylor of the BAE, 1910-13, in 1911, because of its resemblance to the famous Swiss Mountain. |
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| Matterhorn (RUS) | 77° 38' 00.0" S | 162° 27' 00.0" E | |
| Name ID: 119278 Place ID: 9149 | |||
| Matterhorn (USA) | 77° 40' 00.0" S | 162° 27' 00.0" E | |
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Name ID: 128550
Place ID: 9149
Peak, 1,600 m, surmounting the N wall of Taylor Valley between Lacroix and Matterhorn Glaciers. So named by Griffith Taylor of the BrAE under Scott, 1910-13, because of its resemblance to the famous Swiss mountain. |
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