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
Hicks Ridge (NZL) 71° 08' 27.4" S 162° 39' 58.1" E Ridge
Name ID: 139873 Place ID: 6347

A rugged ridge 14km long north to south, between Mount Soza and Morley Glacier in the Explorers Range, Bowers Mountains.

Hicks Ridge (USA) 71° 09' 00.0" S 162° 40' 00.0" E Ridge
Name ID: 126510 Place ID: 6347

A rugged ridge located between Mount Soza and Morley Glacier in the Explorers Range, Bowers Mountains. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by US-ACAN for Thomas Hicks, USN, cook with the McMurdo Station winter party, 1967.

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