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
Explorers Cove (NZL) 77° 33' 48.1" S 163° 35' 10.8" E Cove
Name ID: 139570 Place ID: 4414

A cove at the northwest head of New Harbour, Victoria Land, on the west side of McMurdo Sound. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-ME10

Explorers Cove (USA) 77° 34' 00.0" S 163° 35' 00.0" E Cove
Name ID: 124950 Place ID: 4414

A cove at the northwest head of New Harbor, Victoria Land, on the west side of McMurdo Sound. The name was applied by US-ACAN in 1976 in recognition of the large number of explorers that have worked in the vicinity of this cove.

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