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
Tailend Nunatak (RUS) 78° 49' 00.0" S 27° 25' 00.0" W Nunatak
Name ID: 120886 Place ID: 14382

Tailend Nunatak (GBR) 78° 49' 00.0" S 27° 25' 00.0" W Nunatak
Name ID: 111500 Place ID: 14382

rising to c. 550m at NE end of Theron Mountains, Coats Land, was surveyed by TAE in 1956-57 and so named because it was the last rock feature

Tailend Nunatak (USA) 78° 49' 00.0" S 27° 25' 00.0" W Nunatak
Name ID: 132449 Place ID: 14382

Nunatak, 535 m, at the N end of the Theron Mountains. First mapped in 1956-57 by the CTAE and so named because it was the last rock feature at the NE end of the Theron Mountains seen either from the ground or from the air by members of the CTAE during their survey in 1956-57.

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