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
Ryan Peak (RUS) 67° 52' 00.0" S 67° 12' 00.0" W Peak
Name ID: 120354 Place ID: 12544

Ryan Peak (GBR) 67° 52' 00.0" S 67° 12' 00.0" W Peak
Name ID: 110992 Place ID: 12544

rising to 810m in S Horseshoe Island, was surveyed and climbed by FIDS, 1955-57; named after Francis Bernard Ryan (b. 1934), FIDS meteorological observer, "Horseshoe Island", 1956-57, who broke a leg in a climbing accident on this peak (APC, 1959a, p.11; DOS 310 Horseshoe Island sheet, 1961).

Ryan Peak (USA) 67° 52' 00.0" S 67° 12' 00.0" W Peak
Name ID: 131080 Place ID: 12544

A peak 1 mi E of Penitent Peak on Horseshoe Island. Surveyed by FIDS in 1955-57. Named for Francis B. Ryan of FIDS, meteorologist at Horseshoe Island in 1956, who broke a leg in a climbing accident on this peak.

Ryan, pico (ARG) 67° 52' 00.0" S 67° 12' 00.0" W Peak
Name ID: 102081 Place ID: 12544

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