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
Subtense Valley (NZL) 77° 50' 00.0" S 160° 06' 00.0" E Valley
Name ID: 114473 Place ID: 14193

A mostly ice-free valley, 1.5 mi long, located 2 mi NW of Tabular Mountain in the W extremity of Quartermain Mountains, Victoria Land. The name is one of a group in the area associated with surveying applied in 1993 by NZGB. A subtense bar is a fixed base (usually 2 meters long) used in conjunction with a theodolite in the calculation of horizontal distance.

Subtense Valley (USA) 77° 50' 00.0" S 160° 06' 00.0" E Valley
Name ID: 132306 Place ID: 14193

A mostly ice-free valley, 1.5 mi long, located 2 mi NW of Tabular Mountain in the W extremity of Quartermain Mountains, Victoria Land. The name is one of a group in the area associated with surveying applied in 1993 by NZGB. A subtense bar is a fixed base (usually 2 meters long) used in conjunction with a theodolite in the calculation of horizontal distance.

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