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
Zhelannaja, gora (RUS) 72° 05' 00.0" S 18° 37' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 121500 Place ID: 16484

Zhelannaya Mountain (USA) 72° 04' 00.0" S 18° 28' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 133970 Place ID: 16484

A relatively isolated mountain about 9 mi N of Mount Karpinskiy in the Russkiye Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Mapped by the SovAE of 1959 and named Gora Zhelannaya (desired mountain).

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