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
Kvamsgavlen (NOR) 71° 47' 00.0" S 11° 50' 00.0" E Cliff
Name ID: 115498 Place ID: 7939

E-most part of Kvamsbrotet in Humboldtfjella, Fimbulheimen.

Kvamsgavlen Cliff (USA) 71° 46' 00.0" S 11° 50' 00.0" E Cliff
Name ID: 127654 Place ID: 7939

A gable-like cliff facing E at the SE corner of Storkvammen Cirque, on the E side of the Humboldt Mountains in Queen Maud Land. Discovered and photographed by the GerAE, 1938-39. Mapped and named Kvamsgavlen by Norway from air photos and surveys by the NorAE, 1956-60.

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