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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Vesthovde (NOR) | 69° 45' 00.0" S | 37° 23' 00.0" E | Head |
Name ID: 116309
Place ID: 15443
Mostly icecapped height on the E side of Fletta, Prins Harald Kyst. V.=the west mountain. |
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Vesthovde Headland (USA) | 69° 45' 00.0" S | 37° 23' 00.0" E | Head |
Name ID: 133227
Place ID: 15443
An icy headland, marked by several rock exposures, which forms the western elevated portion of Botnneset Peninsula on the S side of Lutzow-Holm Bay. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Vesthovde (west knoll). |
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