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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| Sverdrup Mountains (USA) | 72° 20' 00.0" S | 1° 00' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 132391
Place ID: 14303
A group of mountains about 50 mi long, standing just W of the Gjelsvik Mountains in Queen Maud Land. The mountains were first photographed from the air and roughly plotted by the GerAE (1938-39). They were mapped in detail by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by NBSAE (1949-52) and air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958-59). Named for H.U. Sverdrup, Chairman of the Norwegian Committee for the NBSAE. |
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| Sverdrupfjella (RUS) | 72° 42' 00.0" S | 0° 35' 00.0" E | Mountain |
| Name ID: 120860 Place ID: 14303 | |||
| Sverdrupfjella (H.U.) (NOR) | 72° 22' 00.0" S | 0° 40' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 116135
Place ID: 14303
Mountain area E of Jutulstraumen, between Gburekfjella and Sveabreen, W-most in Fimbulheimen. After Harald Ulrik Sverdrup, professor and Managing Director at Norsk Polarinstitutt, who did glacier examinations on Fjortende Julibreen together with Ahlmann. |
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