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
Hannon Hill (NZL) 77° 49' 47.3" S 163° 38' 32.2" E Hill
Name ID: 139630 Place ID: 5969

A bare rock hill 1109m on the west side of the terminus of Amos Glacier, at the juncture with Blue Glacier, in Victoria Land. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MF10

Hannon Hill (USA) 77° 50' 00.0" S 163° 38' 00.0" E Hill
Name ID: 126172 Place ID: 5969

A bare rock hill (1,110 m) on the W side of the terminus of Amos Glacier, at the juncture with Blue Glacier, in Victoria Land. Named in 1992 by US-ACAN after Timothy J. Hannon, cartographer, USGS; leader of the two man USGS team working jointly out of Vanda Station with a N.Z. team in the 1988-89 season to establish new geodetic controls and observe old stations in the McMurdo Dry Valleys; relocated the position of the Geographic South Pole.

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