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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| Grautfatet (NOR) | 71° 34' 00.0" S | 11° 30' 00.0" E | Cirque |
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Name ID: 115176
Place ID: 12877
Moraine area in the N part of Humboldtfjella in the W part of Wohlthatmassivet, Fimbulheimen. Graut=porridge. |
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| In der Schüssel (DEU) | 71° 34' 00.0" S | 11° 30' 00.0" E | Basin |
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Name ID: 106936
Place ID: 12877
A drainless basin or valley (Norwegian name Grautfatet) filled with ice and covered by supraglacial moraine , fed by the glacier Somoveken, Alexander-von-Humboldt-Gebirge, Wohlthatmassiv, Fimbulheimen, Neuschwabenland, Donning Maud Land. Discovered during German Antarctic Expedition 1938/39 ('Neuschwabenland-Expedition') under Alfred Ritscher. |
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| Schüssel Cirque (USA) | 71° 34' 00.0" S | 11° 33' 00.0" E | Cirque |
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Name ID: 131316
Place ID: 12877
A large west-facing cirque containing Schussel Moraine, in the north-central part of the Humboldt Mountains of Queen Maud Land. Discovered by the GerAE under Ritscher, 1938-39, who referred to it as "In der Schussel" (in the bowl) and "Grosse Brei-Schussel" (great mash bowl). The US-ACAN has recommended a shorter form of the original names and has added the appropriate generic term. |
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