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
Taggen (NOR) 72° 08' 30.0" S 21° 18' 30.0" E Nunatak
Name ID: 116165 Place ID: 14379

Nunatak W of Kreitzerisen in the W part of Sør-Rondane. T.=the sharp point.

Taggen (RUS) 72° 10' 00.0" S 21° 53' 00.0" E Nunatak
Name ID: 120884 Place ID: 14379

Taggen Nunatak (USA) 72° 10' 00.0" S 21° 48' 00.0" E Nunatak
Name ID: 132447 Place ID: 14379

Nunatak between Borchgrevinkisen and Kreitzerisen in the western part of the Sor Rondane Mountains. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1957 from air photos taken by USN Operation HighJump, 1946-47, and named Taggen (the prong).

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