Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Meade Nunatak (GBR) | 80° 23' 00.0" S | 21° 58' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 110089
Place ID: 9357
rising to 990m on Pioneers Escarpment (q.v.), E Shackleton Range, in association with the names of pioneers of polar life and travel grouped in this area, named after Charles Francis Meade (1881-1975), English mountaineer and designer of the Meade tent (APC, 1974, p.5; BAS 250P sheet SU 26-30/1, 1-DOS 1978). |
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| Meade Nunatak (USA) | 80° 23' 00.0" S | 21° 58' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 128738
Place ID: 9357
A nunatak 3 mi N of Blanchard Hill, rising to 990 m in the Pioneers Escarpment (q.v.), Shackleton Range. Photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967. Surveyed by BAS, 1968-71. In association with the names of pioneers of polar life and travel grouped in this area, named by the UK-APC in 1971 after Charles F. Meade (1881-1975), English mountaineer and designer of the Meade tent. |
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