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 Slaughter (USA) 78° 37' 00.0" S 85° 38' 00.0" W Mountain
Name ID: 131747 Place ID: 13473

An ice-free peak, rising to 3,600 m on a spur trending SW from Vinson Massif, Sentinel Range, in the Ellsworth Mountains. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN aerial photographs, 1957-60. Named by US-ACAN in 1982, after John B. Slaughter, Director, National Science Foundation, 1980-82.

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