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
Oppkuven (NOR) 72° 36' 00.0" S 0° 25' 00.0" E Peak
Name ID: 115712 Place ID: 10657

Peak in Rootshorga in the S part of H.U.Sverdrupfjella, Fimbulheimen. After Oppkuven near Oslo, Norway.

Oppkuven (RUS) 72° 36' 00.0" S 0° 23' 00.0" E Peak
Name ID: 119779 Place ID: 10657

Oppkuven Peak (USA) 72° 37' 00.0" S 0° 24' 00.0" E Peak
Name ID: 129683 Place ID: 10657

A peak 2 mi N of Gavlen Ridge in the Roots Heights, Sverdrup Mountains, in Queen Maud Land. Photographed from the air by the GerAE (1938-39). Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by NBSAE (1949-52) and air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958-59) and named Oppkuven (the ascent peak).

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