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
Sarkofagen (NOR) 72° 10' 30.0" S 16° 45' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 115902 Place ID: 12744

Nunatak in Carsten Borchgrevinkisen, E-most in Fimbulheimen. S.=the sarcophagus.

Sarkofagen Mountain (USA) 72° 10' 00.0" S 16° 45' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 131205 Place ID: 12744

A somewhat isolated mountain about 11 mi S of Mount Yakovlev in the Russkiye Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norsk Polarinstitutt from air photos taken by NorAE, 1958-59, and named Sarkofagen (the sarcophagus).

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