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 Vanderheyden (USA) 72° 30' 00.0" S 31° 20' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 133145 Place ID: 15315

Mountain, 2,120 m, standing 1.5 mi NE of Mount Bastin on the N side of the Belgica Mountains. Discovered by the BelgAE, 1957-58, under G. de Gerlache. He named it for Henri Vanderheyden, aircraft mechanic with the expedition.

Vanderheyden, Mont (BEL) 72° 30' 00.0" S 31° 19' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 104991 Place ID: 15315

Partie de la Chaîne des Monts Belgica baptisée en l'honneur de Henry Vanderheyden, mécanicien d'avion de l'expédition belge 1957-1958.

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