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
Skjegget (NOR) 69° 25' 30.0" S 39° 35' 00.0" E Peak
Name ID: 115983 Place ID: 13423

Mountain that makes up a peninsula N-most on Skarvsnes, Kronprins Olav Kyst. S.=the beard.

Skjegget (RUS) 69° 26' 00.0" S 39° 35' 00.0" E Peak
Name ID: 120625 Place ID: 13423

Skjegget Peak (USA) 69° 26' 00.0" S 39° 37' 00.0" E Peak
Name ID: 131717 Place ID: 13423

A peak, 360 m, which surmounts the NW extremity of Skarvsnes Foreland on the E side of Lutzow-Holm Bay. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Skjegget (the barb).

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