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 Baxter (NZL) | 74° 22' 00.0" S | 162° 32' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 112752
Place ID: 1019
A truncated cone, about 2600m high, rising between Mts Levick and Mackintosh in Victoria Land. Discovered by the NAE, 1901-04. Named by Scott for Sir George and Lady Baxter. Sir George was a rich Dundee man who subscribed to the funds of the expedition. |
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| Mount Baxter (RUS) | 74° 20' 00.0" S | 162° 30' 00.0" E | Mountain |
| Name ID: 116995 Place ID: 1019 | |||
| Mount Baxter (USA) | 74° 22' 00.0" S | 162° 32' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 122289
Place ID: 1019
A large buttress-type mountain, 2,430 m, located just S of O'Kane Canyon where it forms a rounded projection of the E escarpment of Eisenhower Range, in Victoria Land. Discovered by the BrNAE (1901-04) under Scott, who named it for Sir George and Lady Baxter of Dundee, supporters of the expedition. |
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