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
Pingvinane (NOR) 71° 59' 18.0" S 23° 00' 00.0" E Nunatak
Name ID: 115767 Place ID: 11292

Nunataks in the NW part of Sør-Rondane. P.=the penguins.

Pingvinane Nunataks (USA) 72° 00' 00.0" S 23° 17' 00.0" E Nunatak
Name ID: 130154 Place ID: 11292

Group of nunataks standing close N of Tanngarden Peaks in the Sor Rondane Mountains. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1957 from air photos taken by USN Operation HighJump, 1946-47, and named Pingvinane (the penguins).

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