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 Nordhill (GBR) 70° 55' 00.0" S 63° 27' 00.0" W Mountain
Name ID: 110376 Place ID: 10354

one of the Welch Mountains, central Palmer Land, rising to c. 2925m, was photographed from the air by USN, 1966-69, and mapped from air photographs by USGS; named after Cdr Claude H. Nordhill, USN, Operations Officer, Squadron VXE-6, ODF, 1970, and Commanding Officer, 1972 (APC, 1977, p.24; Singleton, 1979, map Fig.1; USGS sketch map Palmer Land (North Part), 1979).

Mount Nordhill (USA) 70° 55' 00.0" S 63° 27' 00.0" W Mountain
Name ID: 129470 Place ID: 10354

A high, sharp-pointed peak between Steel Peak and Kosky Peak in the east ridge of the Welch Mountains, in Palmer Land. The peak was mapped by USGS in 1974. Named by US-ACAN for Cdr. Claude H. Nordhill, USN, Operations Officer of Squadron VXE-6 in Antarctica during Operation Deep Freeze, 1970, and Commanding Officer, 1972.

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