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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| Tønnesen Glacier (USA) | 72° 04' 00.0" S | 3° 28' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 132777
Place ID: 14802
A broad glacier flowing N between Risemedet Mountain and Festninga Mountain, separating the Gjelsvik Mountains and the Muhlig-Hofmann Mountains in Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the NorAE (1956-60) and named for J. Tonnesen, meteorologist with NorAE (1956-58). |
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| Tønnesenbreen (NOR) | 72° 09' 00.0" S | 3° 23' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 116243
Place ID: 14802
Glacier between Gjelsvikfjella and Mühlig-Hofmannfjella E in Fimbulheimen. After J. Tønnesen, meteorologist with NorAE, 1958. |
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| Tønnesenbreen (RUS) | 72° 05' 00.0" S | 3° 30' 00.0" E | Glacier |
| Name ID: 121089 Place ID: 14802 | |||
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