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 Shelton (NZL) 71° 41' 06.8" S 166° 48' 03.5" E Mountain
Name ID: 139914 Place ID: 13144

A mountain at 2486m just west of the upper part of Rastorfer Glacier in the east-central portion of Homerun Range, Admiralty Mountains.

Mount Shelton (USA) 71° 41' 00.0" S 166° 48' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 131510 Place ID: 13144

A mountain (2,485 m) located just W of the upper part of Rastorfer Glacier in the east-central portion of the Homerun Range, Admiralty Mountains. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by US-ACAN for John E. Shelton USARP meteorologist at Hallett Station, 1964-65.

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