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
Saxton Ridge (AUS) 70° 37' 33.0" S 66° 52' 24.0" E Ridge
Name ID: 2306 Place ID: 12776

A mountain ridge just south of Thomson Massif in the Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1956. Named after Richard A Saxton, Officer-in-Charge at Wilkes in 1963.

Saxton Ridge (USA) 70° 37' 00.0" S 66° 52' 00.0" E Ridge
Name ID: 131235 Place ID: 12776

A mountain ridge just S of Thomson Massif in the Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE air photos taken in 1956. Named by ANCA for R.A. Saxton, officer in charge at Wilkes Station in 1963.

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