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 McDonald (NZL) | 72° 30' 00.0" S | 166° 36' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 113877
Place ID: 9265
A peak about 2700 metres high, 15 miles to the east of Mt Watt, at the head of the Trafalgar Glacier. Named by the NZFMCAE, 1962-63, for William McDonald, a member of the crew of the "Terra Nova" of the BAE, 1910-13. McDonald who lives in New Zealand was a guest of the US Navy during the 1961-63 Antarctic season when he visited the continent again with two others of Scott's veterans. |
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| Mount McDonald (USA) | 72° 30' 00.0" S | 166° 36' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 128653
Place ID: 9265
A peak (2,470 m) on the N side of Trafalgar Glacier, 4 mi NW of Mount Burton, in the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land. Named by NZFMCAE, 1962-63, for William McDonald, crew member on the Terra Nova during the BrAE, 1910-13. McDonald, who lives in New Zealand, was a guest of the U.S. Navy during the 1962-63 Antarctic season when he visited the continent again with two others of Scott's veterans. |
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