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
Howchin Lake (NZL) 78° 13' 00.0" S 163° 31' 00.0" E Water body
Name ID: 113582 Place ID: 6678

Permanently ice-covered melt water lake fed by north and south Howchin streams and inflow from Koettlitz Glacier. Named in association with Howchin Glacier.

Howchin Lake (USA) 78° 13' 00.0" S 163° 31' 00.0" E Water body
Name ID: 126771 Place ID: 6678

Named in association with Howchin Glacier.

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