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 Mathew (AUS) 81° 40' 59.9" S 159° 57' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 1633 Place ID: 9136

A peak in the Surveyors Range. Discovered by the New Zealand Geological and Survey Antarctic Expedition (1960-61). Named after F. Mathew, the first Surveyor-General of New Zealand.

Mount Mathew (NZL) 81° 41' 01.4" S 159° 56' 25.1" E Mountain
Name ID: 139990 Place ID: 9136

A peak, c.2030m, at the east side of Starshot Glacier, 3.5km north of Mount Hotine, in Surveyors Range.

Mount Mathew (USA) 81° 41' 00.0" S 159° 57' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 128538 Place ID: 9136

A peak, 2,030 m, standing at the E side of Starshot Glacier, 2 mi N of Mount Hotine, in the Surveyors Range. Named by the NZGSAE (1960-61) for Felton Mathew, the first Surveyor-General of New Zealand, in 1840.

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