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
Sandilands Nunatak (AUS) 70° 32' 32.0" S 67° 26' 09.0" E Nunatak
Name ID: 1793 Place ID: 12709

A small, solitary nunatak in the middle of and near the northern end of the Nemesis Glacier. It is about 900 m above sea level. Discovered in December, 1956, by an ANARE sledging party led by Peter W. Crohn. Named after A.H. Sandilands, radio operator at Mawson in 1957.

Sandilands Nunatak (RUS) 70° 31' 00.0" S 67° 30' 00.0" E Nunatak
Name ID: 120406 Place ID: 12709

Sandilands Nunatak (USA) 70° 32' 00.0" S 67° 27' 00.0" E Nunatak
Name ID: 131189 Place ID: 12709

A small, solitary nunatak about 3 mi N of Mount Seaton. It lies in the middle of and near the northern end of Nemesis Glacier in the Prince Charles Mountains. Sighted in December 1956 by an ANARE sledging party led by P.W. Crohn. Named by ANCA for A.H. Sandilands, radio operator at Mawson Station in 1957.

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