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
Gondola Ridge (NZL) 77° 01' 00.0" S 161° 45' 00.0" E Ridge
Name ID: 113409 Place ID: 5471

A rocky, ridge, 571m high at its northern end, extending north-northeastward for 4.4km from Mount Suess, south of Mackay Glacier, Victoria Land. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MD08

Gondola Ridge (RUS) 77° 01' 00.0" S 161° 43' 00.0" E Ridge
Name ID: 118229 Place ID: 5471

Gondola Ridge (USA) 77° 01' 00.0" S 161° 45' 00.0" E Ridge
Name ID: 125785 Place ID: 5471

High rocky ridge just S of Mackay Glacier, extending NE from Mount Suess for about 4 mi in Victoria Land. Charted by the Western Geological Party of the BrAE (1910-13) who so named it because Mount Suess, to which the ridge is joined, resembles a gondola in shape.

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