Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Princess Ragnhild Coast (USA) | 70° 30' 00.0" S | 27° 00' 00.0" E | Coast |
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Name ID: 130378
Place ID: 11627
That portion of the coast of Queen Maud Land lying between 20°E and Riiser-Larsen Peninsula, in 34°E. All but the eastern end of the coast is fringed by ice shelves. Discovered by Capt. Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen and Capt. Nils Larsen in aerial flights from the ship Norvegia on February 16, 1931, and named for Princess Ragnhild of Norway. |
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| Prinsesse Ragnhild Kyst (NOR) | 70° 30' 00.0" S | 24° 00' 00.0" E | Coast |
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Name ID: 115789
Place ID: 11627
The coast between Sedovodden and the bottom of Vestvika on the W side of Riiser-Larsenhalvøya, Dronning Maud Land. After Princess Ragnhild, b. 1930, daughter of King Olav V of Norway. The extent changed by letter from the Department of Industry 1973. Earlier the coast was between 20 and 34 degrees east in Dronning Maud Land. |
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| Prinsesse Ragnhild Kyst (RUS) | 70° 30' 00.0" S | 27° 00' 00.0" E | Coast |
| Name ID: 120093 Place ID: 11627 | |||
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