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
Nyheia (NOR) 67° 57' 00.0" S 44° 33' 00.0" E Rock
Name ID: 115691 Place ID: 13177

Bare land on the W side of Carnebreen on Kronprins Olav Kyst. Ny=new. Norwegian translation of the original Japanese name Sinnan Iwa.

Shinnan Rocks (USA) 67° 57' 00.0" S 44° 33' 00.0" E Rock
Name ID: 131537 Place ID: 13177

A substantial area of exposed coastal rocks at the W side of Shinnan Glacier in Queen Maud Land. Mapped from surveys and air photos by JARE, 1957-62, and named Shinnan-iwa (new south rocks).

Sinnan Iwa (JPN) 67° 57' 00.0" S 44° 34' 00.0" E Rock
Name ID: 112525 Place ID: 13177

The largest ice-free area (16.8 km2) of Kronprins Olav Kyst. Mapped from surveys and air photos by JARE, 1961-62, and named Sinnan Iwa (new south rocks). A topographic map on scale of 1:25000 was made based on geodetic surveys of 1974.

Tereshkovoj, oazis (RUS) 67° 57' 00.0" S 44° 30' 00.0" E Rock
Name ID: 120941 Place ID: 13177

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