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
Mount Valikhanov (USA) 71° 49' 00.0" S 12° 15' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 133117 Place ID: 15281

Mountain, 2,800 m, standing 1 mi NW of Mount Mirotvortsev in Sudliche Petermann Range, Wohlthat Mountains. Discovered and plotted from air photos by GerAE, 1938-39. Mapped from air photos and surveys by NorAE, 1956-60; remapped by SovAE, 1960-61, and named after Russian geographer Chokan Valikhanov (1935-65).

Valichanovtoppen (NOR) 71° 49' 12.0" S 12° 15' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 116274 Place ID: 15281

Nunatak in the middle of Søre Petermannkjeda, Wohlthatmassivet in Fimbulheimen. After Chokan Valikhanov, 1935-65, Russian geographer.

Valihanova, gora (RUS) 71° 48' 00.0" S 12° 15' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 121134 Place ID: 15281

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