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 Nichols (USA) 85° 27' 00.0" S 146° 05' 00.0" W Mountain
Name ID: 129397 Place ID: 10246

Mountain, 670 m, in the central part of the Harold Byrd Mountains. Mapped by USGS from ground surveys and USN air photos, 1960-63. Named by US-ACAN for William L. Nichols, construction mechanic with the Byrd Station winter party in 1957.

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