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
Sponskaftet (NOR) 71° 39' 00.0" S 11° 13' 00.0" E Spur
Name ID: 116053 Place ID: 13856

Mountain NW in Humboldtfjella and W in Wohlthatmassivet, E in Fimbulheimen. S.=the wooden spoon handle.

Sponskaftet Spur (USA) 71° 39' 00.0" S 11° 12' 00.0" E Spur
Name ID: 132033 Place ID: 13856

A spur extending W from The Altar, in the Humboldt Mountains of Queen Maud Land. Discovered and mapped from air photos by the GerAE, 1938-39. Remapped by Norway from air photos and surveys by NorAE, 1956-60, and named Sponskaftet (the wooden spoon handle).

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