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
Miers Valley (NZL) 78° 06' 38.6" S 164° 05' 56.0" E Valley
Name ID: 139762 Place ID: 9526

A mostly ice-free valley in Denton Hills, extending from Miers Glacier to Koettlitz Glacier at Becker Point, Scott Coast. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MG10, MG11

Miers Valley (RUS) 78° 06' 00.0" S 164° 12' 00.0" E Valley
Name ID: 119412 Place ID: 9526

Miers Valley (USA) 78° 06' 00.0" S 164° 00' 00.0" E Valley
Name ID: 128868 Place ID: 9526

A valley just S of Marshall Valley and W of Koettlitz Glacier, on the coast of Victoria Land. The valley is ice free except for Miers Glacier in its upper (western) part and Lake Miers near its center. Mapped and named by the BrAE, 1910-13.

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