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
Malin Valley (NZL) 77° 25' 59.8" S 161° 50' 25.8" E Valley
Name ID: 135680 Place ID: 17791

An upland valley on the west side of Mount Cerberus in east Olympus Range, McMurdo Dry Valleys. The valley opens north to Victoria Valley, opposite Lake Vida. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-ME08

Malin Valley (USA) 77° 26' 00.0" S 161° 47' 00.0" E Valley
Name ID: 136188 Place ID: 17791

An upland valley on the W side of Mount Cerberus in E Olympus Range, McMurdo Dry Valleys. The valley opens N to Victoria Valley. Named by US-ACAN (2004) after Michael C. Malin, Department of Geology, Arizona State University; USAP abrasion rate observations in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, 1983-84 to 1993-94.

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