Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/17219
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishMount ScottSCAR Composite Gazetteer   
PlaceType Mount 
Latitude 65° 9' 0" S (-65.15°)  
Longitude 64° 3' 0" W (-64.05°)  
Source SCAR Composite Gazetteer, available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/
Notes Belgica information (en): Horseshoe-shaped massif, 880 m, open to the SW with its convex side fronting on Girard Bay and its NW side on Lemaire Channel, on the W coast of Graham Land. Discovered by the BelgAE, 1897-99. Mapped by Dr. Jean B. Charcot, leader of the FrAE, 1908-10 (http://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/History/biography/scott_robert_falcon.htm/http://geonames.usgs.gov).    
Relations 
Part of  Graham Land (Peninsula)  [view hierarchy]   
Adjacent to  Girard Bay (Bay)  [view hierarchy]   
Adjacent to  Lemaire Channel (Channel)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2007-12-06 08:45:10 by De Hauwere Nathalie
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