Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
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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Sør Rondane Mountains (USA) | 72° 00' 00.0" S | 25° 00' 00.0" E | Mountain |
Name ID: 131892
Place ID: 13676
Group of mountains about 100 mi long with main peaks rising to 3, 400 m, between the Queen Fabiola Mountains and Wohlthat Mountains in Queen Maud Land. Discovered and photographed from the air by members of the Lars Christensen Expedition on Feb. 6, 1937, and named after Rondane, a mountain massif in southern Norway. The mountains were mapped in greater detail in 1957 by Norwegian cartographers working with air photos taken by USN Operation HighJump, 1946-47. |
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Sør-Rondane (NOR) | 72° 00' 00.0" S | 25° 00' 00.0" E | Mountain |
Name ID: 116146
Place ID: 13676
The mountain- and ice areas between Carsten Borchgrevinkisen in W to the depression W of Belgicafjella in the E. After the mountains Rondane in Norway. Sør=south. The extent changed by letter from the Department of Industry 1973. Originally the name on the mountains between 21 degrees 15.0 minuttes south, and 27 degrees 30.0 minuttes east. |
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Sør-Rondane (RUS) | 72° 00' 00.0" S | 25° 00' 00.0" E | Mountain |
Name ID: 120869 Place ID: 13676 |
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