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
Clark Spur (NZL) 84° 47' 00.0" S 169° 12' 00.0" W Spur
Name ID: 112999 Place ID: 2725

A low rocky spur, extending into the Ross Ice Shelf for about three miles from the Prince Olav Mountains, about 7 1/2 miles west-north-west fo Mt Henson. Discovered and photographed by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928-30, in November 1929, and named for Arnold H Clark, assistant physicist who wintered with that expedition.

Clark Spur (USA) 84° 47' 00.0" S 169° 12' 00.0" W Spur
Name ID: 123595 Place ID: 2725

A narrow, rocky spur about 3 mi long, extending from the foothills of Prince Olav Mountains to the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf. The spur forms the E side of the mouth of Morris Glacier, about 6 mi NW of Mount Henson. Discovered and photographed by the ByrdAE (1928-30) and named for Arnold H. Clark, asst. physicist who wintered with the expedition.

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