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
Boomerang Range (AUS) 78° 30' 00.0" S 158° 45' 00.0" E Range
Name ID: 2239 Place ID: 1588

A long, narrow range, curved like a boomerang, 57 km west of Mt. Harmsworth (Ross Dependency), between Escalade Peak and the Deception Glacier. The range extends approximately north and south for 35 km. Discovered and named by T A E (1956-58).

Boomerang Range (NZL) 78° 30' 00.0" S 158° 45' 00.0" E Range
Name ID: 140011 Place ID: 1588

Narrow mountain range, curved like a boomerang and extending generally north-south for about 33km, forming a part of the west limits of Skelton Névé.

Boomerang Range (RUS) 78° 30' 00.0" S 158° 45' 00.0" E Range
Name ID: 117172 Place ID: 1588

Boomerang Range (USA) 78° 30' 00.0" S 158° 45' 00.0" E Range
Name ID: 122721 Place ID: 1588

Narrow mountain range, curved like a boomerang and extending generally N-S for about 16 mi, forming a part of the W limits of Skelton Neve. Mapped and named in 1957 by the N.Z. party of the CTAE, 1956-58.

Mount Send (AUS) 70° 01' 59.9" S 159° 49' 00.1" E Mountain
Name ID: 1588 Place ID: 13011

A mountain about 22.2 km east of Mount Gorton in Oates Land. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. Named after R.F. Send, USARP geophysicist at McMurdo station in the summer of 1967-68.

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