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
McMurdo /USA/ (RUS) 77° 51' 00.0" S 166° 39' 00.0" E Station
Name ID: 119338 Place ID: 9342

McMurdo Station (NZL) 77° 50' 41.9" S 166° 40' 02.8" E Station
Name ID: 139526 Place ID: 9342

The United States of America's base in the Ross Sea, located at Hut Point Peninsula, and approximately 2km west of Scott Base (New Zealand), through The Gap. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MF13

McMurdo Station (USA) 77° 50' 52.0" S 166° 40' 06.0" E Station
Name ID: 128725 Place ID: 9342

Located on Hut Point Peninsula on Ross Island in McMurdo Sound.

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