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 McMahon (AUS) 70° 52' 11.0" S 65° 08' 01.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 1380 Place ID: 9334

A mountain about 9 km west of Mount Bewsher in the Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE air photographs. Named after R.McMahon, officer-in-charge at Mawson in 1963.

Mount McMahon (RUS) 70° 52' 00.0" S 65° 05' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 119334 Place ID: 9334

Mount McMahon (USA) 70° 52' 00.0" S 65° 09' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 128718 Place ID: 9334

A mountain about 5 mi W of Mount Bewsher in the Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE air photos. Named for R. McMahon, officer in charge at Mawson Station in 1963.

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