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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| Mawson Escarpment (AUS) | 73° 06' 49.0" S | 68° 10' 41.0" E | Escarpment |
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Name ID: 417
Place ID: 9181
A flat-topped scarp, facing west, flanking the eastern side of the Lambert Glacier for about 130 km. Plateau-ice over-rides the escarpment from the east. Discovered by Flying Officer J. Seaton, RAAF, whilst on a photo reconnaissance flight in November, 1956. Named after Sir Douglas Mawson. |
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| Mawson Escarpment (RUS) | 73° 10' 00.0" S | 68° 30' 00.0" E | Escarpment |
| Name ID: 119289 Place ID: 9181 | |||
| Mawson Escarpment (USA) | 73° 05' 00.0" S | 68° 10' 00.0" E | Escarpment |
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Name ID: 128577
Place ID: 9181
A flat-topped, west-facing escarpment which extends in a N-S direction for 70 mi along the E side of Lambert Glacier. Discovered by Flying Officer J. Seaton, RAAF, of ANARE while on a reconnaissance flight in November, 1956. Named by ANCA for Sir Douglas Mawson. |
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