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
Hinckley Rock (GBR) 83° 04' 00.0" S 55° 14' 00.0" W Rock
Name ID: 109319 Place ID: 6395

rising to 1135m at N end of Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains, was surveyed from the ground by USGS and photographed from the air by USN, 1963-64; named after Neil Hinckley, USAF, survival specialist with USAF Electronic Test Unit, Pensacola Mountains, summer 1957-58 (USGS sheet SU 21-25/13, 1969; APC, 1974, p.4).

Hinckley Rock (USA) 83° 04' 00.0" S 55° 14' 00.0" W Rock
Name ID: 126536 Place ID: 6395

A rock 4 mi NW of Gillies Rock in northern Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN for Neil Hinckley, a member of the Electronic Test Unit in the Pensacola Mountains, 1957-58.

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