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
Tvora (NOR) 72° 10' 00.0" S 0° 05' 00.0" W
Name ID: 116242 Place ID: 15119

Mountain in Gburekfjella, W of H.U.Sverdrupfjella in Fimbulheimen. T.=two ridges.

Tvora (RUS) 72° 10' 00.0" S 0° 07' 00.0" W
Name ID: 121084 Place ID: 15119

Tvora (USA) 72° 10' 00.0" S 0° 05' 00.0" W
Name ID: 133005 Place ID: 15119

A mountain with two north-trending spurs, about 3 mi E of Straumsvola Mountain in the Sverdrup Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Plotted from air photos by the GerAE (1938-39). Remapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by NBSAE (1949-52) and air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958-59) and named Tvora (two ridges).

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