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
Sandbotnen (NOR) 71° 44' 00.0" S 12° 02' 00.0" E Cirque
Name ID: 115884 Place ID: 12690

Corrie in the W side of Zwieselhøgda, Wohlthatmassivet in Fimbulheimen. S.=the sand corrie.

Sandbotnen Cirque (USA) 71° 44' 00.0" S 12° 01' 00.0" E Cirque
Name ID: 131173 Place ID: 12690

A cirque or small valley, the floor of which is covered by moraine, indenting the W side of Zwiesel Mountain in the Pieck Range, Wohlthat Mountains. First plotted from air photos by GerAE, 1938-39. Replotted from air photos and surveys by NorAE, 1956-60, and named Sandbotnen (the sand cirque).

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