Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Murchison Cirque (GBR) | 80° 42' 00.0" S | 24° 33' 00.0" W | Cirque |
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Name ID: 110272
Place ID: 9976
on S side of Holmes Summit, Read Mountains, Shackleton Range, was photographed from the air by USN in 1967 and surveyed from the ground by BAS from Halley, 1968-71; in association with the names of geologists grouped in this area, named after Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, 1st Baronet (1792-1871), British geologist and pioneer worker on Palaeozoic rocks in Wales, where he erected the Silurian system; President, RGS, 1843-44, 1851-52 and 1855-58; Director General, Geological Survey of Great Britain, 1855-71 (APC, 1974, p.5; BAS 250P sheet SU 26-30/1, 1-DOS 1978). |
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| Murchison Cirque (USA) | 80° 42' 00.0" S | 24° 33' 00.0" W | Cirque |
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Name ID: 129208
Place ID: 9976
A glacier-filled cirque between Kuno Cirque and Arkell Cirque on the S side of the Read Mountains, Shackleton Range. Photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967, and surveyed by BAS, 1968-71. In association with the names of geologists grouped in this area, named by the UK-APC in 1971 after Sir Roderick Impy Murchison (1792-1871), British geologist; President, Royal Geographical Society, 1843-44, 1851-52, and 1855-58; Director-General, Geological Survey of Great Britain, 1855-71. |
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