Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Fornet, Montes (CHL) | 75° 06' 00.0" S | 72° 04' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 134926
Place ID: 9464
El nombre corresponde al apellido del capitán de bandada Eduardo Fornet Fernández, Fuerza Aérea de Chile, que realizó vuelos en avión Beaver y helicóptero Bell en el Territorio Chileno Antártico durante la Expedición Antártica Chilena de 1957-1958. Grupo de montes que se levantan en el eje longitudinal de Tierra de O'Higgins, a aproximadamente a 135 millas al W del cabo Schlossbach de la costa E de la península Tierra de O'Higgins. |
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| Merrick Mountains (RUS) | 75° 08' 00.0" S | 72° 00' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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| Merrick Mountains (GBR) | 75° 06' 00.0" S | 72° 04' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 110127
Place ID: 9464
rising to 1540m between English Coast and Orville Coast, and including from N to S Mount Berger, Mount Matheson, Mount Becker, Mount Boyer and Eaton Nunatak, were surveyed on USGS Antarctic Peninsula Traverse, 1961-62, and photographed from the air by USN, 1965-66; named after Conrad G. Merrick, USGS topographic engineer with the 1961-62 traverse party (USGS sketch map Ellsworth Land-Palmer Land, 1969; APC, 1975, p.4; BAS 500P sheet SS 17-20/SE, 1-DOS 1981). |
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| Merrick Mountains (USA) | 75° 06' 00.0" S | 72° 04' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 128818
Place ID: 9464
A cluster of mountains, 8 mi long, standing 7 mi NE of the Behrendt Mountains in eastern Ellsworth Land. Discovered and photographed from the air by the RARE, 1947-48, under Finn Ronne. Named by US-ACAN for Conrad G. Merrick, USGS topographic engineer with the Antarctic Peninsula Traverse Party, 1961-62, who participated in the survey of these mountains. |
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