Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Heimefront Range (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Heimefront Range (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Range (2c)
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A range of mountains in three groups trending NE-SW for 65 mi, situated 50 mi WSW of Kirwan Escarpment in Queen Maud Land. The range was observed and photographed by the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition in the course of air reconnaissane from Maudheim in January 1952. The name "Heimefrontfjella" (homefront range) was applied by the placename authority in the Norwegian government. This range may include the rudely mapped mountains identified as "Kottas Berge" on the map of the GerAE of 1938-39.
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