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 Acton (GBR) | 70° 58' 00.0" S | 63° 42' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 107441
Place ID: 48
highest of the Welch Mountains, central Palmer Land, rising to c. 3015m, was photographed from the air by USN, 1966-69, and mapped from air photographs by USGS; named after Cdr William Acton, USN, Operations Officer, US Naval Support Force, Antarctica, 1967-68, and Executive Officer, 1968-69 (APC, 1977, p.3; Singleton, 1979, map Fig. 1; USGS sketch map Palmer Land (North Part), 1979). |
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| Mount Acton (USA) | 70° 58' 00.0" S | 63° 42' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 121570
Place ID: 48
The high, dominant peak of the west ridge of the Welch Mountains in Palmer Land. Mapped by USGS in 1974. Named by US-ACAN for Cdr. William Acton, USN, Operations Officer on the staff of the Commander, U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica, 1967-68, and Executive Officer, 1968-69. |
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