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 Meister (NZL) 74° 14' 28.4" S 162° 47' 06.7" E Mountain
Name ID: 139807 Place ID: 9392

A mountain, c.2520m, on the west side of Priestley Glacier, surmounting the northwest end of Nash Ridge on Eisenhower Range, Victoria Land.

Mount Meister (USA) 74° 14' 00.0" S 162° 47' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 128767 Place ID: 9392

A mountain, 2,520 m, on the W side of Priestley Glacier, surmounting the N end of Nash Ridge of the Eisenhower Range, in Victoria Land. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1955-63. Named by US-ACAN for Laurent J. Meister, geologist at McMurdo Station, 1965-66 season.

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