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
Mount Chivers (USA) 82° 32' 00.0" S 161° 26' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 123532 Place ID: 2639

Mountain, 1,755 m, standing between the mouths of Otago and Tranter Glaciers in the N part of Queen Elizabeth Range. Mapped by the USGS from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by US-ACAN for Hugh J.H. Chivers, USARP upper atmosphere physicist at Byrd, South Pole and Hallett Stations, 1962-63.

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