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
Carryer Glacier (NZL) 71° 17' 00.0" S 162° 38' 00.0" E Glacier
Name ID: 112942 Place ID: 2359

A steep, crevassed tributary of the Rennick Glacier at the southern end of the Explorers Range. Named for S Carryer, geologist with the NZARP northern party 1963-64.

Carryer Glacier (USA) 71° 17' 00.0" S 162° 38' 00.0" E Glacier
Name ID: 123334 Place ID: 2359

A heavily crevassed tributary glacier, 12 mi long, which drains westward from the central part of the Bowers Mountains and enters Rennick Glacier between Mounts Soza and Gow. Named by the northern party of NZGSAE, 1963-64, for S.J. Carryer, geologist with this party.

Phillips Ridge (AUS) 67° 50' 22.1" S 62° 48' 30.1" E Ridge
Name ID: 2359 Place ID: 11217

A ridge about 1 km long, about 1 km west of the main massif of the Central Masson Range, just south of Ferguson Peak. Named after J. Phillips, physicist at Mawson in 1962.

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