Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Lake Ober-See (USA) | 71° 17' 00.0" S | 13° 39' 00.0" E | Water body |
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Name ID: 129588
Place ID: 10508
A meltwater lake lying between Sjoneset Spur and Mount Seekopf in the Gruber Mountains of Queen Maud Land. Discovered by the GerAE under Ritscher, 1938-39, who named it Ober-See (upper lake). |
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| Obersee (DEU) | 71° 17' 00.0" S | 13° 39' 00.0" E | Water body |
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Name ID: 107028
Place ID: 10508
Obersee (Norwegian name Øvresjøen), confined by the mountains Seekopf and Sjøneset, located at the NE extremity of Otto-von-Gruber-Gebirge, is a permanently frozen melt-water lake located at a higher level than the lake Untersee, Wohlthatmassiv, Fimbulheimen, Neuschwabenland, Dronning Maud Land. Discovered during German Antarctic Expedition 1938/39 ('Neuschwabenland-Expedition') under Alfred Ritscher. |
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| Obersee (RUS) | 71° 17' 00.0" S | 13° 39' 00.0" E | Water body |
| Name ID: 119727 Place ID: 10508 | |||
| Øvresjøen (NOR) | 71° 17' 00.0" S | 13° 37' 00.0" E | Water body |
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Name ID: 115729
Place ID: 10508
Small valley between Sjøneset and Sjøhausen in Gruberfjella, Wohlthatmassivet in Fimbulheimen. Øvre=upper. |
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