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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| Tverrveggen (NOR) | 72° 17' 00.0" S | 1° 19' 00.0" E | Ridge |
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Name ID: 116235
Place ID: 15112
Steep mountain wall W of Vendehø in H.U.Sverdrupfjella, Fimbulheimen. T.=the transverse wall. |
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| Tverrveggen Ridge (USA) | 72° 17' 00.0" S | 1° 20' 00.0" E | Ridge |
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Name ID: 133000
Place ID: 15112
A prominent ridge which extends southward for 4 mi from Tverrbrekka Pass in the Sverdrup Mountains, 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 Tverrveggen (the transverse wall). |
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