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 Usher (NZL) 84° 57' 00.0" S 172° 04' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 114630 Place ID: 15234

A mountain, 2895m high, almost entriely ice-covered, lying north-east of Keltie Glacier near its confluence with the Beardmore Glacier. Discovered and named by the BAE, 1907-09.

Mount Usher (RUS) 84° 59' 00.0" S 173° 00' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 121116 Place ID: 15234

Mount Usher (USA) 84° 57' 00.0" S 172° 04' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 133090 Place ID: 15234

A distinctive mountain overlooking the S side of Keltie Glacier about 4 mi SW of the mouth of Brandau Glacier. Discovered and named by the BrAE (1907-09). Identification of this feature varied on subsequent maps. The present description follows the H.E. Saunders map of 1961 which has now been generally accepted.

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