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 Creighton (AUS) 70° 24' 54.0" S 65° 38' 22.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 1521 Place ID: 3110

A mountain about 6 km west of Mount Gardner in the Porthos Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE air photographs. Named after D F Creighton, engineer (electronics) at Mawson in 1963.

Mount Creighton (RUS) 70° 26' 00.0" S 65° 38' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 117564 Place ID: 3110

Mount Creighton (USA) 70° 25' 00.0" S 65° 39' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 123927 Place ID: 3110

A mountain about 3 mi ENE of Mount Gavaghan in the Porthos Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE air photos. Named for D.F. Creighton, electronics engineer at Mawson Station in 1963.

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