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 Munson (NZL) | 84° 48' 00.0" S | 174° 26' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 113970
Place ID: 9972
A mountain about 2900m high, rising from the north-west flank of Mt Wade, some 3 miles from its summit. Discovered and photographed by Rear-Admiral Byrd on flights to the Queen Maud Range in November 1929, and named for Captain William H Munson, USN, Commanding Officier of USN Air Development Squadron Six, 1959-61. |
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| Mount Munson (USA) | 84° 48' 00.0" S | 174° 26' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 129206
Place ID: 9972
A mountain (2,800 m) rising from the NW flank of Mount Wade, 3 mi from its summit, in the Prince Olav Mountains. Discovered and photographed by R. Admiral Byrd on flights to the Queen Maud Mountains in November 1929. Named by US-ACAN for Capt. William H. Munson, USN, Commanding Officer of USN Air Development Squadron Six, otherwise known as VX-6, 1959-61. |
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