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
Staeffler Ridge (NZL) 77° 20' 00.0" S 162° 48' 00.0" E Ridge
Name ID: 114444 Place ID: 13898

A long ridge west of Hanson Ridge, east of Victoria Valley, separating Lower Victoria Glacier from Greenwood Valley. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-ME09

Staeffler Ridge (USA) 77° 20' 00.0" S 162° 48' 00.0" E Ridge
Name ID: 132065 Place ID: 13898

A long ridge W of Hanson Ridge, separating Victoria Lower Glacier from Greenwood Valley in Victoria Land. Named by the US-ACAN in 1964 for George R. Staeffler, topographic engineer with the U.S. Geological Survey, who worked in the McMurdo Sound area during 1960-61.

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