Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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.
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Nils Plain (USA) | 72° 07' 00.0" S | 0° 27' 00.0" E | Plain |
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Name ID: 129416
Place ID: 10275
An ice plain of about 25 mi extent, lying northward of Mount Roer in the Sverdrup Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by NBSAE (1949-52) and air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958-59). Named for Nils Roer, surveyor of the NBSAE. |
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| Nilsevidda (NOR) | 72° 08' 00.0" S | 0° 30' 00.0" E | Plain |
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Name ID: 115662
Place ID: 10275
Ice area N of Roerkulten, between Hellehallet and H.U.Sverdrupfjella, Fimbulheimen. After Nils Roer, b. 1914, topographer on NBSAE, 1949-52. See also Roerkulten. |
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