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 Longhurst (AUS) 79° 25' 59.9" S 157° 18' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 1390 Place ID: 8615

A mountain about 2,350 m above sea level, in the Britannia Range, on the western side of the Ross Ice Shelf. Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901-04) under Scott, who named it after Cyril Longhurst, secretary to the expedition.

Mount Longhurst (RUS) 79° 26' 00.0" S 157° 18' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 119125 Place ID: 8615

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