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 Mervyn (AUS) | 70° 30' 33.5" S | 65° 18' 24.5" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 1374
Place ID: 9471
A very sharp spire about 2286 m above sea level. Situated south of the main body of the Porthos Range in the Prince Charles Mountains, almost 7 km due south of Mt Kirkby. Sighted in December, 1956, by an ANARE southern party led by William G. Bewsher. Named after Mervyn Christensen, weather observer at Mawson in 1956. |
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| Mount Mervyn (RUS) | 70° 33' 00.0" S | 65° 15' 00.0" E | Mountain |
| Name ID: 119386 Place ID: 9471 | |||
| Mount Mervyn (USA) | 70° 31' 00.0" S | 65° 13' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 128826
Place ID: 9471
A very sharp peak standing S of the main body of the Porthos Range in the Prince Charles Mountains, about 6 mi S of Mount Kirkby. Sighted in December 1956 by an ANARE southern party led by W.G. Bewsher, and named for Mervyn Christensen, weather observer at Mawson Station in 1956. |
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