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)
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 |
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| Nilsen Plateau (NZL) | 86° 20' 00.0" S | 158° 00' 00.0" W | Plateau |
| Name ID: 114007 Place ID: 10278 | |||
| Nilsen Plateau (RUS) | 86° 20' 00.0" S | 158° 00' 00.0" W | Plateau |
| Name ID: 119657 Place ID: 10278 | |||
| Nilsen Plateau (USA) | 86° 20' 00.0" S | 158° 00' 00.0" W | Plateau |
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Name ID: 129419
Place ID: 10278
A rugged, ice-covered plateau which, including Fram Mesa, is about 30 mi long and 1 to 12 mi wide, rising to 3,940 m between the upper reaches of the Amundsen and Scott Glaciers, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Discovered in November 1911 by the Norwegian expedition under Roald Amundsen, and named by him for Capt. Thorvald Nilsen, commander of the ship Fram. |
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