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.
Showing all 2 place names.
| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neuschwabenland (DEU) | 72° 00' 00.0" S | 5° 00' 00.0" E | Land |
|
Name ID: 107016
Place ID: 10193
The area explored by the two Dornier flying boats 'Boreas' and 'Passat'; the surveyed area ranges from about 15° W to 15°E and from the coastline to about 74° S of which large parts were photogrammetrically covered, Neuschwabenland, Dronning Maud Land. Named during German Antarctic Expedition 1938/39 ('Neuschwabenland-Expedition') under Alfred Ritscher. |
|||
| New Schwabenland (USA) | 72° 30' 00.0" S | 0° 30' 00.0" E | |
|
Name ID: 129365
Place ID: 10193
An area name for the mountainous upland of Queen Maud Land extending from the Kraul Mountains to Vorposten Peak. This area, more than 500 miles in extent, was first explored from aircraft by the German Antarctic Expedition of 1938-39 led by Capt. Alfred Ritscher. They named it after the expedition ship The maps published by this expedition were of an uneven quality, features in the eastern portion of the area being plotted with greater reliability. It has not been possible for US-ACAN to identify some features plotted and named by the expedition. The western part of the area was surveyed by the NBSAE, 1949-52. The entire area was mapped from air photos and survey undertaken by Norwegian Antarctic Expeditions in the years 1956-60. |
|||
Showing all 2 place names.