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 Harding (AUS) 72° 53' 33.0" S 75° 01' 23.6" E Mountain
Name ID: 1627 Place ID: 6003

The largest mountain in the Grove Mountains, Princess Elizabeth Land. Plotted from ANARE air photographs. Named after N.E. Harding, a senior topographic draughtsman with the (then) Division of National Mapping of the Australian Department of National Development.

Mount Harding (RUS) 72° 53' 00.0" S 75° 02' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 118370 Place ID: 6003

Mount Harding (USA) 72° 53' 00.0" S 75° 02' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 126198 Place ID: 6003

The largest mountain in the Grove Mountains, located in the south-central part of the group and about 4 mi W of Gale Escarpment. Mapped by ANARE from air photos, 1956-60. Named by ANCA for N.E. Harding, topographic draftsman with the Division of National Mapping, Dept. of National Development, who has contributed substantially to the production of Antarctic maps.

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