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
Shackleton Icefalls (NZL) 85° 09' 01.2" S 163° 58' 58.1" E Icefall
Name ID: 139517 Place ID: 13067

Extensive icefalls of the upper Beardmore Glacier, southward of Mount Darwin and Mount Mills.

Shackleton Icefalls (USA) 85° 08' 00.0" S 164° 00' 00.0" E
Name ID: 131455 Place ID: 13067

Extensive icefalls of the upper Beardmore Glacier, southward of Mount Darwin and Mount Mills. Named by the BrAE (1910-13) for Sir Ernest Shackleton, leader of the BrAE (1907-09), who first penetrated this region.

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