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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Høgskavlen (NOR) | 72° 40' 00.0" S | 3° 42' 00.0" W | Mountain |
Name ID: 115308
Place ID: 6483
Mountain where the middle part is covered by ice and snow in the W part of Borgmassivet, Maudheimvidda. Høg=high. |
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Høgskavlen Mountain (USA) | 72° 40' 00.0" S | 3° 43' 00.0" W | Mountain |
Name ID: 126604
Place ID: 6483
A prominent, flattish, snow-topped mountain just NE of Domen Butte in the Borg Massif of Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by NBSAE (1949-52) and named Hogskavlen (the high snowdrift). |
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