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
Charles Peak (USA) 79° 44' 00.0" S 83° 11' 00.0" W Peak
Name ID: 123475 Place ID: 2546

A bare rock peak, 990 m, surmounting the SE end of Collier Hills in the Heritage Range. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1961-66. Named by US-ACAN for Charles E. Williams, meteorologist at Little America V Station in 1958.

Thala Valley (AUS) 66° 16' 49.4" S 110° 32' 08.2" E Valley
Name ID: 2546 Place ID: 14583

An ice valley just south of Casey station, separating the station area from the main part of Bailey Peninsula. Named after M.V.Thala Dan, the vessel which re-supplied Casey station for many years.  

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