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
Alley Spur (GBR) 82° 32' 00.0" S 51° 47' 00.0" W Spur
Name ID: 107492 Place ID: 241

rising to c. 870m in Dufek Massif, Pensacola Mountains, following air photography by USN in 1964 and mapping on USGS Pensacola Mountains Project, 1965-66, was named after Capt. Dalton E. Alley, USAF, navigator and a member of USAF Electronic Test Unit, Pensacola Mountains, 1957-58 (USGS sheet SU 21-25/10, 1969; APC, 1974, p.3).

Alley Spur (USA) 82° 32' 00.0" S 51° 47' 00.0" W Spur
Name ID: 121716 Place ID: 241

A rock spur on N side of Dufek Massif, just S of Sapp Rocks, in the Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN for Capt. Dalton E. Alley, USAF, navigator, a member of the Electronic Test Unit in the Pensacola Mountains, 1957-58.

Cape Gotley (AUS) 66° 41' 44.9" S 57° 17' 39.8" E Cape
Name ID: 241 Place ID: 5530

A cape on the northern side of Edward VIII Gulf, Kemp Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Austnestangen (The East Point Tongue).

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