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
Rundvågs Head (USA) 69° 53' 00.0" S 39° 00' 00.0" E Head
Name ID: 131049 Place ID: 12501

A rock headland rising to 160 m at the SW margin of Rundvag Bay, on the SE coast of Lutzow-Holm Bay. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Rundvagshetta (the round bay cap) for its proximity to Rundvag Bay.

Rundvågshetta (NOR) 69° 53' 00.0" S 38° 59' 00.0" E Head
Name ID: 115857 Place ID: 12501

Bare land on the E side of Havsbotn, Kronprins Olav Kyst. Rund=round.

Rundvågshetta (RUS) 69° 52' 00.0" S 39° 00' 00.0" E Head
Name ID: 120336 Place ID: 12501

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