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
Tramway Ridge (NZL) 77° 31' 05.3" S 167° 07' 16.1" E Ridge
Name ID: 134209 Place ID: 17149

A ridge northwest and downslope of Nausea Knob in the northwest part of the summit caldera of Mount Erebus, Ross Island, at c.3450m. The ridge is formed by the levees (banks on the side) of a young lava flow. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-ME14

Tramway Ridge (USA) 77° 31' 00.0" S 167° 06' 00.0" E Ridge
Name ID: 132839 Place ID: 17149

A ridge that rises to c.3450 m in the NW part of the summit caldera of Mount Erebus, Ross Island. The ridge is formed by the levees (banks on the side) of a young lava flow. The appearance of the feature is suggestive of a set of railway or tram lines.

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