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
Niels Peak (USA) 71° 57' 00.0" S 9° 23' 00.0" E Peak
Name ID: 129404 Place ID: 10256

Peak, 2,525 m, rising 3 mi N of Nergaard Peak in the Gagarin Mountains of the Orvin Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos and surveys by the NorAE, 1956-60, and named for Niels Nergaard, scientific assistant with NorAE, 1956-58.

Nielsnapen (NOR) 71° 58' 00.0" S 9° 22' 00.0" E Peak
Name ID: 115657 Place ID: 10256

Mountain in Kurzefjella, Orvinfjella in Fimbulheimen. After Niels Nergaard, scientific assistant with NorAE, 1956-58. See also Nergaardnuten.

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