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
Simon Peak (GBR) 69° 16' 00.0" S 71° 53' 00.0" W Peak
Name ID: 111188 Place ID: 13291

rising to c. 1000m on the W side of Havre Mountains (q.v.), NW Alexander Island, NE of Umber Island, was possibly sighted by FAE, 1908-10, in January 1909; following survey by BAS from "Fossil Bluff", 1975-76, named after Alec Edward Simon (b.1947), BAS aircraft mechanic, Adelaide, summers 1972-76 (APC, 1980, p.5).

Simon Peak (USA) 69° 16' 00.0" S 71° 53' 00.0" W Peak
Name ID: 131620 Place ID: 13291

Mountain rising to c. 1,000 m on the W side of Havre Mountains, NW Alexander Island, NE of Umber Island. Possibly sighted by FAE, 1908-10, in January 1909; surveyed by BAS, 1975-76. Named after Alec Edward Simon, BAS aircraft mechanic, Adelaide, summers 1972-76.

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