Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Guthridge Nunataks (GBR) | 71° 48' 00.0" S | 64° 33' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 109150
Place ID: 5813
part of Gutenko Mountains (q.v.) rising c. 1700m and including Randall Ridge, Mount Jukkola, Walcott Peak and Lokey Peak, were photographed from the air by USN, 1966-69, and mapped from air photographs by USGS; in association with Blanchard Nunataks (q.v.) and Journal Peaks (q.v.), named after Guy R. Guthridge, Director, Polar Information Service, Office of Polar Programs, US National Science Foundation, and Editor, Antarctic Journal of the United States, 1972-78 (APC, 1977, p.15; USGS sketch map Palmer Land (North Part), 1979). |
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| Guthridge Nunataks (USA) | 71° 48' 00.0" S | 64° 33' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 126038
Place ID: 5813
A scattered group of sharp peaked nunataks and small mountains, about 22 mi long and 6 mi wide, midway between Rathbone Hills and Blanchard Nunataks in the Gutenko Mountains of central Palmer Land. Mapped by USGS in 1974. Named by US-ACAN after Guy G. Guthridge, Director, Polar Information Service, Division of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation; Editor, Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, from 1989 (Chairman from 1994). |
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