Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Orvinfjella (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Orvinfjella (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Mountain (2a)
This name originates from Norway. It is part of the Norway Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
Large mountain area from Djupedalen in the W to Somoveken in the E, in the middle part of Fimbulheimen. After Anders Kristian Orvin, PhD, 1889-1980, geologist attached to the Norwegian Svalbard expeditions and Norges Svalbard- og Ishavs-undersøkelser, managing director of Norwegian Polar Institute 1957-60.
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