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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| Urfjell (NOR) | 73° 51' 00.0" S | 5° 12' 00.0" W | Cliff |
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Name ID: 116253
Place ID: 15213
Group of mountains including Tunga, Kuven, Kuvungen and Urnosa, Gavlpiggen, Klakknabben, Urfjellklakken and Urfjellgavlen, in the S part of Kirwanveggen, Maudheimvidda. U.=mountain with rock-strewn slopes. |
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| Urfjell Cliffs (USA) | 73° 53' 00.0" S | 5° 17' 00.0" W | Cliff |
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Name ID: 133079
Place ID: 15213
A line of rock cliff and spurs trending SW for 10 mi from Urfjelldokka Valley, forming a part of the Kirwan Escarpment in Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by NBSAE (1949-52) and additional air photos (1958-59). They gave the Urfjell (mountain with rock-strewn slopes). |
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