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
Nurket (NOR) 73° 24' 30.0" S 3° 07' 00.0" W Rock
Name ID: 115690 Place ID: 10453

Small mountain crag E of Hallgrenskarvet N-most in Kirwanveggen, Maudheimvidda. N.=the pygmy.

Nurket Rock (USA) 73° 25' 00.0" S 3° 06' 00.0" W Rock
Name ID: 129539 Place ID: 10453

A rock face just E of Mount Hallgren in the Kirwan Escarpment, Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by NBSAE (1949-52) and additional air photos (1958-59), and named Nurket (the pygmy).

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