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
Straumsvola (NOR) 72° 07' 00.0" S 0° 20' 00.0" W Mountain
Name ID: 116103 Place ID: 14126

Mountain in Gburekfjella, W of H.U.Sverdrupfjella in Fimbulheimen. Straum=stream.

Straumsvola (RUS) 72° 08' 00.0" S 0° 22' 00.0" W Mountain
Name ID: 120822 Place ID: 14126

Straumsvola Mountain (USA) 72° 07' 00.0" S 0° 20' 00.0" W Mountain
Name ID: 132251 Place ID: 14126

A prominent mountain 6 mi N of Jutulrora Mountain in the NW part of the Sverdrup Mountains, overlooking the E side of Jutulstraumen Glacier in 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 Straumsvola (the stream mountain).

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