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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| Svea Glacier (USA) | 72° 08' 00.0" S | 1° 53' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 132384
Place ID: 14296
A broad glacier flowing N between the Sverdrup and Gjelsvik Mountains in Queen Maud Land. Photographed from the air by the GerAE (1938-39). Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by NBSAE (1949-52) and air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958-59) and named Sveabreen (the glacier of the Swedes). |
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| Sveabreen (NOR) | 72° 15' 00.0" S | 1° 50' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 116132
Place ID: 14296
Large glacier between H.U.Sverdrupfjella and Gjelsvikfjella, Fimbulheimen. S.=old name on Sweden. |
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| Sveabreen (RUS) | 72° 10' 00.0" S | 1° 55' 00.0" E | Glacier |
| Name ID: 120858 Place ID: 14296 | |||
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