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
Ronald Rock (RUS) 83° 20' 00.0" S 49° 25' 00.0" W Rock
Name ID: 120285 Place ID: 12332

Ronald Rock (GBR) 83° 20' 00.0" S 49° 25' 00.0" W Rock
Name ID: 110927 Place ID: 12332

rising to 1145m E of Saratoga Table, Forrestal Range, Pensacola Mountains, was photographed from the air by USN in 1964 and surveyed from the ground by USGS, 1965-66; named after Ronald D. Brown, USN, aviation structural mechanic with Squadron VX-6, "Ellsworth Station", winter 1957 (USGS sheet SU 21-25/14, 1969; APC, 1974, p.6).

Ronald Rock (USA) 83° 20' 00.0" S 49° 25' 00.0" W Rock
Name ID: 130919 Place ID: 12332

A prominent rock, 1,145 m, along the cliff next N of Skidmore Cliff, located E of Saratoga Table in the Forrestal Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN for Ronald D. Brown, aviation structural mechanic at Ellsworth Station, winter 1957.

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