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
Selene Nunatak (GBR) 71° 08' 00.0" S 68° 48' 00.0" W Nunatak
Name ID: 111110 Place ID: 12995

rising to c. 1,200m at northern end of Milky Way, W of Lunar Crag, Alexander Island. Named in association with Lunar Crag, named after the Greek goddess of the Moon.

Selene Nunatak (USA) 71° 08' 00.0" S 68° 48' 00.0" W Nunatak
Name ID: 131412 Place ID: 12995

A nunatak rising to c. 1,200 m west of Lunar Crag, Planet Heights, in eastern Alexander Island. Named in association with Lunar Crag by the UK-APC in 1988 after Selene, the Greek goddess of the Moon.

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