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
Crossover Pass (GBR) 80° 38' 00.0" S 26° 30' 00.0" W Pass
Name ID: 108362 Place ID: 3151

at 1410m between Gordon Glacier and Cornwall Glacier, Shackleton Range, was traversed and surveyed by TAE, 24 October 1957; so named because it provides an N-S sledge route across the range (APC, 1962, p.10; DOS 610 sheet W 80 24/26, 1963).

Crossover Pass (USA) 80° 38' 00.0" S 26° 30' 00.0" W Pass
Name ID: 123963 Place ID: 3151

Pass between Gordon and Cornwall Glaciers in the central part of the Shackleton Range. First mapped in 1957 by the CTAE and so named because this pass, together with Gordon and Cornwall Glaciers, provides a sledging route across the Shackleton Range from north to south.

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