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
Parisbreen (NOR) 71° 41' 30.0" S 12° 13' 00.0" E Glacier
Name ID: 115736 Place ID: 10900

18 km long glacier between Zwieselhøgda and Vestre Petermannkjeda in Wohlthatmassivet, Fimbulheimen. After the French capital Paris.

Parizhskaya Kommuna Glacier (USA) 71° 38' 00.0" S 12° 04' 00.0" E Glacier
Name ID: 129854 Place ID: 10900

Glacier, 8 mi long, draining NW between Zwiesel Mountain and Grakammen Ridge to Humboldt Graben in the Petermann Ranges, Wohlthat Mountains. Discovered and plotted from air photos by GerAE, 1938-39. Mapped from air photos and surveys by NorAE, 1956-60; remapped by SovAE, 1960-61, and named Lednik Parizhskoy Kommuny (Paris commune glacier).

Parizhskoj Kommuny, lednik (RUS) 71° 39' 00.0" S 12° 06' 00.0" E Glacier
Name ID: 119850 Place ID: 10900

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