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 Kaschak (GBR) 84° 02' 00.0" S 56° 40' 00.0" W Mountain
Name ID: 109577 Place ID: 7378

rising to c. 1580m in S Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains, was surveyed from the ground by USGS, 1963-64, and photographed from the air by USN in 1964; named after John P. Kaschak, USN, aviation machinist, "Ellsworth Station", winter 1958 (USGS sheet SV 21-30/1, 1968; APC, 1974, p.4). Gora Kashak (Soviet Union. MMF map V-21-V-30, 1972).

Mount Kaschak (USA) 84° 02' 00.0" S 56° 40' 00.0" W Mountain
Name ID: 127267 Place ID: 7378

Peak, 1,580 m, standing 4 mi W of Gambacorta Peak in southern Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped from USGS surveys and USN air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN for John P. Kaschak, aviation machinist at Ellsworth Station, winter 1958.

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