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
Owlshead Peak (GBR) 66° 19' 00.0" S 65° 49' 00.0" W Peak
Name ID: 110469 Place ID: 10788

rising to c. 300m ESE of Cape Bellue, Graham Coast, was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57, and roughly surveyed by FIDS from "Detaille Island", 1956-59; so named from its appearance as

Owlshead Peak (USA) 66° 19' 00.0" S 65° 49' 00.0" W Peak
Name ID: 129766 Place ID: 10788

Peak 1.5 mi E of Cape Bellue on the W coast of Graham Land. Photographed by the FIDASE in 1956-57. The name is descriptive of the feature when seen from Crystal Sound and Darbel Bay.

Owlshead, pico (ARG) 66° 19' 00.0" S 65° 49' 00.0" W Peak
Name ID: 101757 Place ID: 10788

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