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 Andrus (USA) 75° 48' 00.0" S 132° 14' 00.0" W Mountain
Name ID: 121827 Place ID: 391

A peak 2 mi SE of Mount Boennighausen in the SE extremity of Ames Range, in Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1964-68. Named by US-ACAN for Lt. Carl H. Andrus, USN, medical officer and Officer-in-Charge of Byrd Station in 1964.

Nanok Deep (AUS) 68° 40' 00.1" S 71° 00' 00.0" E Deep
Name ID: 391 Place ID: 10067

A bathymetric deep slightly elongated in a NE-SW direction but with irregular boundaries which are poorly defined. The Nanok Deep is below 500 m and extends under the Amery Ice Shelf.

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