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
Black Face (NZL) 77° 51' 00.0" S 160° 53' 00.0" E
Name ID: 112808 Place ID: 1393

from McElroy, Bryan and Associates. Pty Ltd, NSW

Black Face (USA) 77° 51' 00.0" S 160° 53' 00.0" E
Name ID: 122572 Place ID: 1393

The S wall of an E-W ridge in Arena Valley, 1 mi S of East Beacon, in the Quartermain Mountains, Victoria Land. The feature is a prominent landmark and is formed by a dolerite dike which rises over 300 m above the floor of the valley. Named by NZ-APC from the color of the rock following geological work in the area by C.T. McElroy, G. Rose, and K.J. Whitby in 1980-81.

Mount Leckie (AUS) 70° 26' 21.0" S 66° 00' 26.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 1393 Place ID: 8262

An outcrop rising 150 m above the plateau about 4 km SSE of Mt. Gardner in the Prince Charles Mountains. Visited by the ANARE southern party led by William G. Bewsher in December, 1956. Named after Squadron Leader Douglas W. Leckie, RAAF, who commanded the Antarctic Flight at Mawson in 1956.

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