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 Oldfield (AUS) 66° 49' 55.0" S 50° 38' 47.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 1475 Place ID: 10588

A dark rock outcrop forming a small peninsula at the south side of the entrance to Adams Fjord, Enderby Land. The mountain is marked by a jagged, rising ridge on the western side and a conical peak on the south-east. Photographed and mapped by ANARE in 1956. Visited and fixed by G.A. Knuckey in November, 1958. Named after R.E.T. Oldfield, radio officer at Mawson in 1958.

Mount Oldfield (RUS) 66° 49' 00.0" S 50° 36' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 119757 Place ID: 10588

Mount Oldfield (USA) 66° 50' 00.0" S 50° 38' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 129632 Place ID: 10588

A coastal mountain at the E side of Amundsen Bay, standing close W of Mount Hardy in the Tula Mountains. Photographed and mapped by ANARE in 1956. Visited and positioned by G.A. Knuckey of ANARE in November 1958. Named by ANCA for R.E.T. Oldfield, radio officer at Mawson Station in 1958.

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