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.
Showing all 2 place names.
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). |
Showing all 2 place names.