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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| Mount McCarthy (NZL) | 72° 35' 00.0" S | 166° 14' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 113869
Place ID: 9233
A peak approximately 2895 metres high, 12 miles south of Mt Watt bordering on the plateau. Named by the NZFMCAE, 1962-63, for Mortimer McCarthy, a member of the crew of the "Terra Nova" of the BAE, 1910-13. McCarthy, who lives in New Zealand was a guest of the US Navy during the 1962-63 Antarctic season when he visited the continent again with two others of Scott's veterans. |
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| Mount McCarthy (RUS) | 72° 35' 00.0" S | 166° 14' 00.0" E | Mountain |
| Name ID: 119305 Place ID: 9233 | |||
| Mount McCarthy (USA) | 72° 35' 00.0" S | 166° 14' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 128619
Place ID: 9233
A peak, 2,865 m, standing 1 mi NW of Schofield Peak, in the Barker Range, Victoria Land. Named by the NZFMCAE, 1962-63, after Mortimer McCarthy, a member of the crew of the Terra Nova of the BrAE, 1910-13. McCarthy, was a guest of the U.S. Navy during the 1962-63 season when he revisited McMurdo Sound with two other Scott veterans. |
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