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
Rundvåg (NOR) 69° 50' 00.0" S 39° 05' 00.0" E Bay
Name ID: 115856 Place ID: 12500

Bay between Rundvågskollane and the tongue made up by Vågsbreen on the W part of Kronprins Olav Kyst. Rund=round. On map 1943 the ice situation was different, and the bay was in front of Vågsbreen between Rundvågskollane and Rundvågshetta.

Rundvåg Bay (USA) 69° 50' 00.0" S 39° 04' 00.0" E Bay
Name ID: 131048 Place ID: 12500

A rounded embayment, the S part of which is occupied by a glacier tongue, indenting the SE shore of Lutzow-Holm Bay just W of Rundvags Hills. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Rundvag (round bay).

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