Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Tallaksenvarden (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Tallaksenvarden (The name as it would appear on a map)
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This name originates from Norway. It is part of the Norway Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Nunatak NW in Lingetoppane, E part of Fimbulheimen. After Johan E. Tallaksen, b. 1918, second lieutenant. Also one of the most active members of the Linge group in Oslo. Wounded and arrested during a Gestapo round-up. After month-long torture, he killed himself in jail, so as not to inform on his associates.
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