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
Sharks Tooth (AUS) 76° 01' 59.9" S 159° 37' 59.9" E Tooth
Name ID: 2530 Place ID: 13097

A small steep-sided, tooth-like rock south, of McLea Nunatak (in Ross Dependency). Discovered and named by the Southern Party of the New Zealand Geological and Survey Antarctic Expedition (1962-63).

Sharks Tooth (NZL) 76° 01' 45.1" S 159° 39' 02.9" E Nunatak
Name ID: 139993 Place ID: 13097

A small steep-sided, tooth-like rock west of Beckett Nunatak, in the icefields Mawson Glacier, Victoria Land.

Sharks Tooth (USA) 76° 02' 00.0" S 159° 38' 00.0" E Nunatak
Name ID: 131477 Place ID: 13097

A small steep-sided, tooth-like rock lying W of Beckett Nunatak at the N side of the upper Mawson Glacier in Victoria Land. Mapped and named by the Southern Party of the NZGSAE, 1962-63.

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