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
Pinckard Table (NZL) 74° 01' 27.4" S 164° 03' 39.9" E Plateau
Name ID: 139814 Place ID: 11277

An ice-covered tableland, 8km long north to south and approximately 3km wide at the centre, rising between Styx Glacier and Burns Glacier in Victoria Land.

Pinckard Table (USA) 74° 00' 00.0" S 164° 03' 00.0" E Plateau
Name ID: 130144 Place ID: 11277

An ice-covered tableland, 8 mi long and 3 mi wide, rising between the Styx and Burns Glaciers in Victoria Land. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1955-63. Named by US-ACAN for William Pinckard, biologist at McMurdo Station, 1965-66 season.

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