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
Mount Sandved (NZL) 82° 40' 52.0" S 161° 07' 00.9" E Mountain
Name ID: 139525 Place ID: 12718

Mountain, 2440m, standing 3.3km north of Mount Dougherty in the northern part of Queen Elizabeth Range.

Mount Sandved (USA) 82° 41' 00.0" S 161° 06' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 131196 Place ID: 12718

Mountain, 2,440 m, standing 2 mi N of Mount Dougherty in the N part of the Queen Elizabeth Range. Mapped by the USGS from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by US-ACAN for Kurt G. Sandved, Information Officer at the Office of Antarctic Programs, National Science Foundation.

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