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
Mount Hobbs (RUS) 83° 45' 00.0" S 58° 50' 00.0" W Mountain
Name ID: 118470 Place ID: 6442

Mount Hobbs (GBR) 83° 45' 00.0" S 58° 50' 00.0" W Mountain
Name ID: 109332 Place ID: 6442

highest point (1135m) in Williams Hills, Pensacola Mountains, was photographed from the air by USN and surveyed from the ground by USGS, 1963-64; named after Ensign James W. Hobbs, USN, "Ellsworth Station", winter 1958 (USGS sheet SU 21-25/13, 1969; APC, 1974, p.4).

Mount Hobbs (USA) 83° 45' 00.0" S 58° 50' 00.0" W Mountain
Name ID: 126569 Place ID: 6442

A mountain, 1,135 m, the highest summit of Williams Hills in the Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN for Ens. James W. Hobbs, USN, of the Ellsworth Station winter party, 1958.

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