SCAR Composite Gazetteer

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
Anderson Heights (NZL)	84° 49' 00.0" S	178° 15' 00.0" W	Heights
Name ID: 112653 Place ID: 352 A roughly rectangular snow-covered tableland, 7 mi long and 6 mi wide, with an elevation somewhat over 2,400 m, located between Mount Bennett and Mount Butters in the E part of the Bush Mountains. Discovered and photographed by USN Operation HighJump (1946-47) on the flights of Feb. 16, 1947, and named by US-ACAN for Lt. George H. Anderson, USN, pilot of Flight 8 of that date from Little America to the South Pole and return.
Anderson Heights (USA)	84° 49' 00.0" S	178° 15' 00.0" W	Heights
Name ID: 121794 Place ID: 352 A roughly rectangular snow-covered tableland, 7 mi long and 6 mi wide, with an elevation somewhat over 2,400 m, located between Mount Bennett and Mount Butters in the E part of the Bush Mountains. Discovered and photographed by USN Operation HighJump (1946-47) on the flights of Feb. 16, 1947, and named by US-ACAN for Lt. George H. Anderson, USN, pilot of Flight 8 of that date from Little America to the South Pole and return.
Budd Coast (AUS)	66° 30' 00.0" S	112° 00' 00.0" E	Coast
Name ID: 352 Place ID: 1992 That portion of the coast of Wilkes Land, lying between the Hatch Islands and Cape Waldron. Delineated from air photos taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). The name was first applied by Wilkes to a coast reported as lying north of its true position. Named after Thomas A Budd, acting Master of the sloop Peacock of the US Exploring Expedition (1838-42).

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