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
Plum Bob Point (NZL) 77° 52' 00.0" S 161° 44' 00.0" E Point
Name ID: 114124 Place ID: 11373

A tapering rock point, 4 mi NE of Knobhead, marking the NE extremity of Quartermain Mountains, Victoria Land, and the point of apposition of the east-flowing Taylor Glacier and Ferrar Glacier. The name is one of a group in the area associated with surveying applied in 1993 by the NZGB.

Plumb Bob Point (USA) 77° 52' 00.0" S 161° 44' 00.0" E Point
Name ID: 130205 Place ID: 11373

A tapering rock point, 4 mi NE of Knobhead, marking the NE extremity of Quartermain Mountains, Victoria Land, and the point of apposition of the east-flowing Taylor Glacier and Ferrar Glacier. The name is one of a group in the area associated with surveying applied in 1993 by the NZGB.

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