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
Reed Nunataks (NZL) 74° 49' 19.5" S 161° 58' 44.7" E Nunatak
Name ID: 139815 Place ID: 11974

A cluster of nunataks that form a divide between the upper portions of the Reeves Glacier and Larsen Glacier, centred 10km west of Hansen Nunatak, in Victoria Land.

Reed Nunataks (USA) 74° 49' 00.0" S 161° 58' 00.0" E Nunatak
Name ID: 130631 Place ID: 11974

A cluster of nunataks that form a divide between the upper portions of the Reeves and Larsen Glaciers, 6 mi W of Hansen Nunatak, in Victoria Lad. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1956-62. Named by US-ACAN for David E. Reed, USGS Topographic Engineer at McMurdo Station, 1964-65.

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