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
Lester Peak (USA) 79° 49' 00.0" S 83° 42' 00.0" W Peak
Name ID: 127966 Place ID: 8368

A prominent snow-free peak at the S side of Hyde Glacier in the Edson Hills, Heritage Range. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1961-66. Named by US-ACAN for Lester A. Johnson, meteorologist at Little America V Station in 1958.

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