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
Nupskåpa (NOR) 72° 43' 00.0" S 0° 15' 00.0" E Peak
Name ID: 115687 Place ID: 10450

Mountain covered by an icecap S of Reecedalen, S-most in H.U.Sverdrupfjella, Fimbulheimen. N.=the peak cloak.

Nupskåpa Peak (USA) 72° 43' 00.0" S 0° 16' 00.0" E Peak
Name ID: 129536 Place ID: 10450

An icecapped peak, 2,450 m, just S of Reece Valley in the Sverdrup Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by NBSAE (1949-52). Rephotographed by the Norwegian expedition (1958-59) and named Nupskapa (the peak cloak).

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