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
Sickle Ridge (NZL) 78° 01' 00.0" S 162° 10' 00.0" E Ridge
Name ID: 114383 Place ID: 13246

An 8km sickle-shaped ridge in Royal Society Range, Victoria Land. The ridge extends southward from the Handle between Tedrow Glacier and Emmanuel Glacier and terminates at Murcray Heights, rising to 3058m. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MG09

Sickle Ridge (USA) 78° 01' 00.0" S 162° 10' 00.0" E Ridge
Name ID: 131584 Place ID: 13246

The ridge has a distinctive sickle shape.

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