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
Areta Rock (GBR) 82° 06' 00.0" S 41° 05' 00.0" W Rock
Name ID: 107559 Place ID: 488

rising to 785m in Panzarini Hills, Argentina Range, was possibly the feature seen from the air on the first Argentine flight to the South Pole in January 1962 and called Nunatak Puerto Belgrano after the Argentine naval base (Argentina. MM, NM 20/i.xi.1964; Pierrou, 1970, 607); following survey on US Pensacola Mountains Project (Huffman and Schmidt, 1966), named Areta Rock after Tte (C) Eduardo Ferrin Areta, Argentine Officer-in-charge, "Ellsworth Station", winter 1961 (USGS sheet SU 21-25/11, 1968; APC, 1974, p.3).

Areta Rock (USA) 82° 06' 00.0" S 41° 05' 00.0" W Rock
Name ID: 121899 Place ID: 488

A rock 3 mi SE of Mount Spann in the Panzarini Hills portion of the Argentina Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1956-67. Named by US-ACAN for Lt. Eduardo Ferrin Areta, Argentine officer in charge at Ellsworth Station, winter 1961.

Merrick Glacier (AUS) 80° 13' 59.9" S 158° 49' 59.9" E Glacier
Name ID: 488 Place ID: 9463

A steep glacier flowing south-westward to the Byrd Glacier at the western end of Horney Bluff. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy.

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