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
Auger Hill (NZL) 78° 01' 00.0" S 164° 16' 00.0" E Hill
Name ID: 112695 Place ID: 626

Small hill (1009 m) within a group of hills eastern Keble Hills. As shallow soil deposits occur on its summit an auger was used to obtain deep samples.

Auger Hill (USA) 78° 00' 00.0" S 164° 16' 00.0" E Hill
Name ID: 122007 Place ID: 626

Shallow soil deposits occur on the summit; an auger was used to obtain deep samples.

Grimmia Gorge (AUS) 68° 36' 23.4" S 78° 29' 35.2" E Gorge
Name ID: 626 Place ID: 5703

A narrow south-north trending gorge in the Vestfold Hills approximately 20 m wide and 20-30 m deep which runs into a gravel bank at the eastern end of Crooked Lake. There is a small waterfall on the eastern side at the southern end. It is the most easterly of two south-north gorges.

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