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 Weston (GBR) 80° 28' 00.0" S 29° 10' 00.0" W Mountain
Name ID: 111895 Place ID: 15926

highest peak (1210m) of Haskard Highlands, W Shackleton Range, was surveyed by TAE in October 1957 and named after Flt Sgt Peter Douglas Weston, RAF (b.1921), aircraft mechanic with the RAF contingent of TAE, 1956-58 (APC, 1962, p.33; DOS 610 sheet W80 28/30, 1963).

Mount Weston (USA) 80° 28' 00.0" S 29° 10' 00.0" W Mountain
Name ID: 133593 Place ID: 15926

The highest peak (1,210 m) of Haskard Highlands, in the W part of the Shackleton Range. First mapped in 1957 by the CTAE and named after Flight Sgt. Peter D. Weston, RAF, aircraft mechanic with the RAF contingent of the CTAE in 1956-58.

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