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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| Meteorite Hills (NZL) | 79° 40' 10.6" S | 155° 34' 04.8" E | Hill |
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Name ID: 139606
Place ID: 9483
A group of hills scattered across 18km east to west, forming the west portion of the Darwin Mountains. The hills are located between the heads of Darwin Glacier and Hatherton Glacier, and defined by Lindstrom Ridge in the east and Mason Nunatak to the west. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MM03 |
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| Meteorite Hills (USA) | 79° 40' 00.0" S | 155° 36' 00.0" E | Hill |
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Name ID: 128835
Place ID: 9483
A group of hills, 11 mi long, forming the W portion of the Darwin Mountains. The hills are located between the heads of Darwin Glacier and Hatherton Glacier. The name was proposed by John O. Annexstad of the Meteorite Working Group, Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, in association with field work carried out in this vicinity by Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET), led by William A. Cassidy, University of Pittsburgh, PA, during the 1978-79 season. |
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