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
Olander Nunatak (RUS) 74° 25' 00.0" S 72° 07' 00.0" W Nunatak
Name ID: 119756 Place ID: 10582

Olander Nunatak (GBR) 74° 25' 00.0" S 72° 07' 00.0" W Nunatak
Name ID: 110425 Place ID: 10582

rising to c. 1800m S of Ronne Entrance, English Coast, was photographed from the air by USN, 1965-67, and mapped from air photographs by USGS; named after R.E. Olander, electronics technician, "Eights Station", winter 1963 (USGS sketch map Ellsworth Land-Palmer Land, 1969; APC, 1975, p.4; BAS 500P sheet SS 17-20/SE, 1-DOS 1981).

Olander Nunatak (USA) 74° 25' 00.0" S 72° 07' 00.0" W Nunatak
Name ID: 129629 Place ID: 10582

One of several somewhat scattered nunataks which rise above the ice of eastern Ellsworth Land, lying 5 mi E of Tollefson Nunatak and 27 mi NNW of Sky-Hi Nunataks. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1961-67. Named by US-ACAN for R.E. Olander, electronics technician at Eights Station in 1963.

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