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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| McKaskle Hills (AUS) | 70° 00' 37.8" S | 72° 58' 12.7" E | Hill |
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Name ID: 704
Place ID: 9291
A group of low rocky hills between Rogers Glacier and Mistichelli Hills on the eastern margin of the Amery Ice Shelf. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). |
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| McKaskle Hills (RUS) | 70° 00' 00.0" S | 72° 30' 00.0" E | Hill |
| Name ID: 119317 Place ID: 9291 | |||
| McKaskle Hills (USA) | 70° 01' 00.0" S | 73° 00' 00.0" E | Hill |
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Name ID: 128678
Place ID: 9291
A group of moderately low, rocky coastal hills between Rogers Glacier and Mistichelli Hills, on the eastern margin of the Amery Ice Shelf. Delineated in 1952 by John H. Roscoe from air photos taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47), and named by him for H.A. McKaskle, air crewman on Operation Highjump photographic flights over coastal areas between 14 and 164 East longitude. |
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