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
Beacon Valley (NZL) 77° 49' 32.4" S 160° 38' 44.2" E Valley
Name ID: 112754 Place ID: 1039

A deglaciated valley in the Quartermain Mountains, trending north-northeast from Horizon Bluff towards Turnabout Glacier and Taylor Glacier, opening out between Pyramid Mountain to the west and West Beacon to the east. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MF07

Beacon Valley (USA) 77° 49' 00.0" S 160° 39' 00.0" E Valley
Name ID: 122303 Place ID: 1039

An ice-free valley between Pyramid Mountain and Beacon Heights, in Victoria Land. Mapped by the BrAE, 1910-13. Named by the VUWAE (1958-59) after Beacon Heights.

Debutante Island (AUS) 69° 35' 28.7" S 75° 32' 42.7" E Island
Name ID: 1039 Place ID: 3451

The southern-most of the Søstrene Islands in the Publications Ice Shelf on the Ingrid Christensen Coast.
Named by Dr J H Roscoe, following his 1952 compilation from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47).

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