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
Storjoen (NOR) 72° 07' 00.0" S 0° 12' 00.0" W Peak
Name ID: 116086 Place ID: 14088

Mountain E of Straumsvola in Gburekfjella, W of H.U.Sverdrupfjella in Fimbulheimen. S.=the great skua.

Storjoen Peak (USA) 72° 07' 00.0" S 0° 12' 00.0" W Peak
Name ID: 132222 Place ID: 14088

A peak 4 mi NW of Tvora in the Sverdrup Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Plotted from air photos by the GerAE (1938-39). Remapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by NBSAE (1949-52) and air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958-59) and named Storjoen (the skua).

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