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
Watchtower Hill (NZL) 73° 16' 00.0" S 163° 08' 00.0" E Hill
Name ID: 114686 Place ID: 15765

A small pointed hill at the eastern entrance to Pinnacle Gap that provides a good "watchtower" to the entrance of the gap. Named by the Northern Party of the NZGSAE, 1962-63.

Watchtower Hill (USA) 73° 16' 00.0" S 163° 08' 00.0" E Hill
Name ID: 133458 Place ID: 15765

A small, pointed hill at the SE side of Pinnacle Gap in the Mesa Range, in Victoria Land. So named by the northern party of NZGSAE, 1962-63, because the feature provides a good "watchtower" to the entrance of Pinnacle Gap.

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