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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| Valkyrie Dome (USA) | 77° 30' 00.0" S | 37° 30' 00.0" E | Dome |
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Name ID: 133120
Place ID: 15284
An ice dome rising to c. 3,700 m in eastern Queen Maud Land. In 1963-64, a SovAE oversnow traverse crossed the N part of the dome at an elevation over 3,600 meters. The feature was delineated by the SPRI-NSF-TUD airborne radio echo sounding program, 1967-79, and named from Norse mythology after the Valkyrie, who carried aloft those that had fallen in battle. |
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| Valkyrjedomen (NOR) | 77° 00' 00.0" S | 37° 30' 00.0" E | Dome |
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Name ID: 135379
Place ID: 15284
300 m long ice dome E in Dronning Maud Land. After the Valkyries in Norse mythology. |
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