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
Section Peak, Ghiacciaio (ITA) 73° 16' 00.0" S 161° 57' 00.0" E Glacier
Name ID: 134117 Place ID: 17189

Located at 170 km in NNW direction from the Stazione Baia Terra Nova. Has a height from 2300 to 2500 m in the Lichen Hills. First seen in Dec. 1999. Named for the nearby feature Section Peak.

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