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
Colwell Massif (NZL) 78° 01' 46.2" S 161° 33' 20.5" E Massif
Name ID: 139681 Place ID: 2869

A rugged rock massif, approximately 7.2km long from Grootes Peak (2635m) in the southeast to Ferrar Glacier in the northwest, in Victoria Land. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MG08

Colwell Massif (USA) 78° 02' 00.0" S 161° 33' 00.0" E Massif
Name ID: 123721 Place ID: 2869

A rugged rock massif, about 4 mi long, rising to 2,635 m between Palais Glacier, Ferrar Glacier, and Rotunda Glacier, in Victoria Land. Named by US-ACAN in 1994 after Rita R. Colwell, marine microbiologist who has conducted field research in Antarctica; member of National Science Board (1983-90) who chaired Presidential committee on NSF roles in the polar regions; from 1991, President, Maryland Biotechnology Institute, University of Maryland.

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