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
Gurkha Peak (NZL) 77° 40' 00.0" S 163° 16' 00.0" E Peak
Name ID: 113446 Place ID: 16846

Named for people whose traditional weapon is the kukri (knife)

Gurkha Peak (USA) 77° 40' 00.0" S 163° 16' 00.0" E Peak
Name ID: 126030 Place ID: 16846

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