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 Olympus (AUS) 80° 13' 00.1" S 156° 46' 00.1" E Mountain
Name ID: 1476 Place ID: 10616

A rectangular, flat, ice-covered mountain over 2,400 m above sea level, about 9 km east of Mount Henderson, on the divide between Hatherton Glacier and Byrd Glacier. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy.

Mount Olympus (USA) 80° 13' 00.0" S 156° 46' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 129655 Place ID: 10616

A rectangular, flat, ice-covered mountain over 2,400 m, standing 5 mi E of Mount Henderson in the Britannia Range. Named by US-ACAN, in association with nearby Byrd Glacier, after the Admiral Byrd.

Olympus, Mount (NZL) 80° 12' 38.3" S 156° 49' 37.1" E Mountain
Name ID: 140406 Place ID: 10616

A rectangular, flat, ice-covered mountain over 2500m above sea level, about 9km east of Mount Henderson and 11km west of Mount McClintock, forming part of the divide between Hatherton Glacier and Byrd Glacier. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MP05

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