Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Penck Trough (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Penck Trough (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: None recorded.
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 broad ice-filled valley trending SW-NE. for about 60 mi between Borg Massif and the NE part of Kirwan Escarpment, in Queen Maud Land. Discovered by the GerAE under Ritscher, 1938-39, and named for German geographer Albrecht Penck. Maps of the GerAE incorrectly represent this feature with a N-S axis, but it was accurately mapped by the NBSAE under Giaever, 1949-52.
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