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
Pinegin Peak (USA) 71° 44' 00.0" S 12° 33' 00.0" E Peak
Name ID: 130148 Place ID: 11282

A central peak, 2,595 m, on Isdalsegga Ridge in Sudliche Petermann Range, 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 after Soviet polar explorer N.V. Pinegin (1883-1940).

Pinegina, gora (RUS) 71° 44' 00.0" S 12° 32' 00.0" E Peak
Name ID: 119964 Place ID: 11282

Pinegintoppen (NOR) 71° 44' 06.0" S 12° 33' 30.0" E Peak
Name ID: 115766 Place ID: 11282

Peak in Isdalsegga, Søre Petermannkjeda in Wohlthatmassivet, Fimbulheimen. After N. V. Pinegin, 1883-1940, Soviet polar explorer.

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