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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| Mummery Cliff (GBR) | 80° 27' 00.0" S | 21° 23' 00.0" W | Cliff |
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Name ID: 110269
Place ID: 9963
rising to c. 1250m on central 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 Albert Frederick Mummery (1855-95), English mountaineer, who lost his life on Nanga Parbat, Kashmir; designer of the Mummery tent (APC, 1974, p.5; BAS 250P sheet SU 26-30/1, 1-DOS 1978). |
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| Mummery Cliff (USA) | 80° 27' 00.0" S | 21° 23' 00.0" W | Cliff |
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Name ID: 129199
Place ID: 9963
A cliff rising to c. 1,250 m to the SE of Whymper Spur in the Pioneers Escarpment (q.v.), Shackleton Range. In association with the names of pioneers of polar life and travel grouped in this area, named by the UK-APC in 1971 after Albert F. Mummery (1855-95), English mountaineer and designer of the Mummery tent. |
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