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
Belgen (NOR) 73° 35' 00.0" S 4° 00' 00.0" W Valley
Name ID: 114865 Place ID: 1115

11 km wide depression in the ice SW of Heksegryta in the N part of Kirwanveggen, Maudheimvidda. B.=the bellows.

Belgen Valley (USA) 73° 35' 00.0" S 4° 00' 00.0" W Valley
Name ID: 122367 Place ID: 1115

A broad, ice-filled valley between Enden Point and Heksegryta Peaks 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 Belgen (the shell).

Lugg Island (AUS) 68° 32' 16.4" S 77° 57' 25.2" E Island
Name ID: 1115 Place ID: 8710

A small island, about 27 m high, about 5 km north of Davis Station in the Vestfold Hills. The island was plotted from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37).

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