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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| Melvold Nunataks (AUS) | 72° 51' 00.0" S | 74° 10' 00.1" E | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 1694
Place ID: 9419
A group of five nunataks, three of which are quite small, in the Grove Mountains, Princess Elizabeth Land, about 24 km west of Mount Harding. Plotted from ANARE air photographs. Named after C.D. Melvold, radio officer at Mawson in 1962. |
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| Melvold Nunataks (RUS) | 72° 51' 00.0" S | 74° 09' 00.0" E | Nunatak |
| Name ID: 119370 Place ID: 9419 | |||
| Melvold Nunataks (USA) | 72° 51' 00.0" S | 74° 09' 00.0" E | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 128790
Place ID: 9419
A group of small nunataks located 14 mi W of Mount Harding in the Grove Mountains. Mapped by ANARE from air photos, 1956-60. Named by ANCA for C.D. Melvold, radio officer at Mawson Station, 1962. |
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