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 Victor (RUS) 72° 35' 00.0" S 31° 20' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 121207 Place ID: 15487

Mount Victor (USA) 72° 36' 00.0" S 31° 16' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 133254 Place ID: 15487

Mountain, 2,590 m, between Mount Van Mieghem and Mount Boe in the Belgica Mountains. Discovered by the BelgAE, 1957-58, under G. de Gerlache, who named it for French polar explorer, Paul-Emile Victor, a counselor of the expedition.

Victor, Mont (BEL) 72° 36' 00.0" S 31° 13' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 104993 Place ID: 15487

Partie de la Chaîne des Monts Belgica baptisée en l'honneur de l'explorateur français Paul-Emile Victor, conseiller de l'expédition belge 1957-1958.

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