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 Osborne (RUS) 78° 37' 00.0" S 84° 46' 00.0" W Mountain
Name ID: 119790 Place ID: 10704

Mount Osborne (USA) 78° 37' 00.0" S 84° 47' 00.0" W Mountain
Name ID: 129719 Place ID: 10704

A mountain (2,600 m) on the SW side of Thomas Glacier, 5 mi E of Mount Craddock, in the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. First mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1957-59. Named by US-ACAN for Thomas M. Osborne, Navy builder, who helped construct and served at the South Pole Station with the winter party, 1957.

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