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
Kavrajskogo, gory (RUS) 70° 28' 00.0" S 161° 10' 00.0" E Hill
Name ID: 118723 Place ID: 7394

Kavrayskiy Hills (NZL) 70° 27' 00.0" S 161° 05' 00.0" E Hill
Name ID: 113676 Place ID: 7394

West of Rennick Bay. Discovered and photographed by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1958, and named in honour of the famous Soviet astronomer V V Kavrayskiy.

Kavrayskiy Hills (USA) 70° 27' 00.0" S 161° 05' 00.0" E Hill
Name ID: 127278 Place ID: 7394

A line of mostly ice-covered coastal hills rising south of Rennick Bay and along the west side of the lower end of Rennick Glacier. Charted by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (SovAE) (1958) and named after Vladimir V. Kavrayskiy, Soviet geodesist and cartographer (1884-1954).

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