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
Krasnaya Nunatak (AUS) 68° 16' 00.1" S 49° 36' 00.0" E Nunatak
Name ID: 1879 Place ID: 7812

A nunatak about 7 km south of Alderdice Peak in the Nye Mountains, Enderby Land. This feature was named Gora Krasnaya (Red Mountain) by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition.

Mount Brockelsby (AUS) 67° 34' 00.1" S 50° 10' 59.9" E Mountain
Name ID: 1651 Place ID: 1879

A mountain about 13 km NNE of Simpson Peak, Enderby Land. Plotted from air photographs taken from an ANARE aircraft in 1956. Named after W K Brockelsby, ionosphere physicist at Mawson in 1961.

Mount Brockelsby (RUS) 67° 34' 00.0" S 50° 12' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 117251 Place ID: 1879

Mount Brockelsby (USA) 67° 34' 00.0" S 50° 11' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 122956 Place ID: 1879

Mountain, 1,290 m, standing 7 mi N of Simpson Peak in the Scott Mountains, Enderby Land. Plotted from air photos taken from ANARE aircraft in 1956. Named by ANCA for W.K. Brockelsby, ionosphere physicist at Mawson Station in 1961.

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