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
Nansenisen (NOR) 72° 30' 00.0" S 24° 00' 00.0" E
Name ID: 115645 Place ID: 10070

The inland ice S of Sør-Rondane. After Professor Fridtjof Nansen, 1861-1930, Norwegian scientist, Arctic explorer and diplomatist. The extent changed by letter from the Department of Industry 1973. Originally the name on the area south of Sør-Rondane and to 45 degrees east in Dronning Maud Land.

Nansenisen (RUS) 73° 00' 00.0" S 25° 00' 00.0" E
Name ID: 119579 Place ID: 10070

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