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
Martin Massif (AUS) 70° 28' 57.0" S 65° 35' 49.9" E Massif
Name ID: 1308 Place ID: 9069

A massif in the Porthos Range, Prince Charles Mountains, just east of Mount Lied to which it is connected by a low col. Plotted from ANARE air photographs. Named after P.J. Martin, officer-in-charge at Mawson in 1964.

Mount Bierle (NZL) 71° 29' 44.7" S 167° 18' 46.6" E Mountain
Name ID: 139844 Place ID: 1308

A mountain (2360m) 8.2km north of Mount Granholm in the Admiralty Mountains of Victoria Land.

Mount Bierle (USA) 71° 30' 00.0" S 167° 19' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 122507 Place ID: 1308

A mountain (2,360 m) rising 4.5 mi N of Mount Granholm in the Admiralty Mountains of Victoria Land. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by US-ACAN for Donald A. Bierle, USARP biologist at McMurdo Station, 1966-67 and 1967-68.

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