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
Vendeholten (NOR) 72° 12' 00.0" S 1° 20' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 116290 Place ID: 15377

Partly snowcapped mountain N in H.U.Sverdrupfjella, Fimbulheimen. Vende=turn.

Vendeholten (RUS) 72° 12' 00.0" S 1° 20' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 121159 Place ID: 15377

Vendeholten Mountain (USA) 72° 12' 00.0" S 1° 20' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 133184 Place ID: 15377

A mountain, 2,230 m, standing N of 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 Norwegian expedition (1958-59) and named Vendeholten.

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