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
Hansen Nunatak (NZL) 74° 46' 00.0" S 162° 20' 00.0" E Nunatak
Name ID: 113468 Place ID: 5978

A beehive-shaped nunatak, about 800m high, lying near the middle of the Reeves Glacier, a short distance above its terminus. Discovered by the NAE, 1901-04, but named by the BAE, 1907-09.

Hansen Nunatak (USA) 74° 48' 00.0" S 162° 20' 00.0" E Nunatak
Name ID: 126178 Place ID: 5978

A prominent beehive-shaped nunatak, 965 m, near the terminus of Reeves Glacier, rising above the middle of the glacier about 3 mi NE of Mount Larsen and 3 mi NW of Teall Nunatak, in Victoria Land. Discovered by the BrNAE, 1901-04, the area was more fully explored by the BrAE, 1907-09, which named this feature.

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