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
Main Crater (NZL) 77° 32' 00.0" S 167° 10' 00.0" E Crater
Name ID: 134167 Place ID: 17093

Feature n.69 in ACAN minutes of 19/06/2000. The topographic feature that rises to c. 3750 m and forms the primary summit crater of Mount Erebus on Ross Island. Inner Crater, q. v., which lies within Main Crater, contains an active anorthoclase-phonolite lava lake.

Main Crater (USA) 77° 32' 00.0" S 167° 10' 00.0" E Crater
Name ID: 128356 Place ID: 17093

The topographic feature that rises to c.3750 m and forms the primary summit crater of Mount Erebus on Ross Island. Inner Crater, q.v., which lies within Main Crater, contains an anorthoclase-phonolite lava lake.

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