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 Gavaghan (AUS) 70° 26' 02.0" S 65° 28' 16.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 1346 Place ID: 5179

A mountain in the Porthos Range, Prince Charles Mountains, between Mount Kirkby and Mount Creighton. Plotted from ANARE air photographs.

Mount Gavaghan (USA) 70° 26' 00.0" S 65° 27' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 125580 Place ID: 5179

A mountain in the Porthos Range, Prince Charles Mountains, between Mount Kirkby and Mount Creighton. Plotted from ANARE air photos. Named for E.J. Gavaghan, radio operator at Mawson Station in 1963.

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