Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
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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| Orvin Mountains (USA) | 72° 00' 00.0" S | 9° 00' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 129715
Place ID: 10699
Major group of mountains extending for about 65 mi between the Wohlthat and Muhlig-Hofmann Mountains in Queen Maud Land. First photographed from the air and roughly plotted by the GerAE (1938-39). Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the NorAE (1956-60) and named for Anders K. Orvin, Director of the Norsk Polarinstitutt (1945-48) and Under-Director after 1948. |
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| Orvinfjella (NOR) | 71° 55' 00.0" S | 9° 00' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 115716
Place ID: 10699
Large mountain area from Djupedalen in the W to Somoveken in the E, in the middle part of Fimbulheimen. After Anders Kristian Orvin, PhD, 1889-1980, geologist attached to the Norwegian Svalbard expeditions and Norges Svalbard- og Ishavs-undersøkelser, managing director of Norwegian Polar Institute 1957-60. |
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| Orvinfjella (RUS) | 72° 00' 00.0" S | 9° 00' 00.0" E | Mountain |
| Name ID: 119788 Place ID: 10699 | |||
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