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
Cape Walden (RUS) 71° 52' 00.0" S 97° 00' 00.0" W Cape
Name ID: 121291 Place ID: 15665

Cape Walden (USA) 71° 50' 00.0" S 96° 53' 00.0" W Cape
Name ID: 133371 Place ID: 15665

Ice-covered cape at the NW termination of Evans Peninsula, marking the E entrance of Koether Inlet on Thurston Island. Delineated from air photos taken by USN Squadron VX-6 in January 1960. Named by US-ACAN for Arthur T. Walden, dog driver and leader of the Queen Maud Mountains Supporting Party of the ByrdAE in 1928-30.

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