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
Oona Cliff (USA) 72° 27' 00.0" S 160° 09' 00.0" E Cliff
Name ID: 129679 Place ID: 10648

A north-facing rock and ice cliff, about 4 mi long, situated just NW of Mount Walton in the Outback Nunataks. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-64. Named by US-ACAN for Hain Oona, ionospheric physicist at South Pole Station, 1968.

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