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 Searle (RUS) 67° 49' 00.0" S 67° 15' 00.0" W Mountain
Name ID: 120466 Place ID: 12955

Mount Searle (GBR) 67° 49' 00.0" S 67° 15' 00.0" W Mountain
Name ID: 111104 Place ID: 12955

rising to 1760m on N side of Horseshoe Island, Fallières Coast, was surveyed and climbed by FIDS in 1955; named after Derek John Hatherill Searle (1928-2003), FIDS surveyor, 1955-60; "Horseshoe Island", 1955-57 (Base Leader, 1956-57); compiler from air photographs of map of Alexander Island, 1959-60 (Searle, 1963) (APC, 1959a, p.11; BA chart 3213, 12.viii.1960; DOS 310 Horseshoe Island sheet, 1961).

Mount Searle (USA) 67° 49' 00.0" S 67° 15' 00.0" W Mountain
Name ID: 131382 Place ID: 12955

Peak between Sally and Gaul Coves on Horseshoe Island. Named for Derek J.H. Searle of FIDS, surveyor at Horseshoe Island in 1955 and 1956, who surveyed this feature.

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