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 Lanning (RUS) 77° 47' 00.0" S 85° 45' 00.0" W Mountain
Name ID: 118966 Place ID: 8113

Mount Lanning (USA) 77° 47' 00.0" S 85° 45' 00.0" W Mountain
Name ID: 127792 Place ID: 8113

Mountain (1,820 m) located at the S side of Newcomer Glacier, 5 mi SE of Mount Warren, in the N portion of the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. First mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1957-59. Named by US-ACAN for 1st Lt. Delmar L. Lanning, USAF, who participated in establishing the South Pole Station in the 1956-57 season.

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