Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| McLaughlin Peak (GBR) | 74° 35' 00.0" S | 64° 18' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 110082
Place ID: 9314
one of the Latady Mountains (q.v.), Lassiter Coast, rising to c. 1650m, was named after Robert Harold McLaughlin, USN, engineman, "South Pole Station", winter 1964 (USGS sketch map Ellsworth Land-Palmer Land, 1969; [in 73°35'S 64°18'W in error] APC, 1975, p.4; [co-ordinates corrected] BAS 500P sheet SS 17-20/SE, 1-DOS 1981; APC, 1986, p.3). |
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| McLaughlin Peak (USA) | 74° 35' 00.0" S | 64° 18' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 128701
Place ID: 9314
A peak standing 9 mi ESE of Mount Aaron in the N part of the Latady Mountains, in Palmer Land. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1961-67. Named by US-ACAN for Robert H. McLaughlin, USN, engineman with the South Pole Station winter party in 1964. |
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