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
Shepard Cliff (NZL) 74° 08' 23.7" S 161° 08' 28.6" E Cliff
Name ID: 139820 Place ID: 13150

An isolated cliff, 6.5km long, at the northeast margin of Reeves Névé, in Victoria Land.

Shepard Cliff (USA) 74° 08' 00.0" S 161° 09' 00.0" E Cliff
Name ID: 131513 Place ID: 13150

An isolated cliff, 4 mi long, at the NE margin of the Reeves Neve, in Victoria Land. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1956-62. Named by US-ACAN for Danny L. Shepard, USN, construction electrician at South Pole Station in 1966.

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