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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| Vesthaugen (NOR) | 71° 40' 30.0" S | 23° 33' 00.0" E | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 116307
Place ID: 15440
Mountain on the NW side in Sør-Rondane. V.=the west hill. |
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| Vesthaugen (RUS) | 71° 45' 00.0" S | 23° 43' 00.0" E | Nunatak |
| Name ID: 121183 Place ID: 15440 | |||
| Vesthaugen Nunatak (USA) | 71° 42' 00.0" S | 23° 40' 00.0" E | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 133225
Place ID: 15440
Nunatak rising to 1,400 m, standing 15 mi NW of Brattnipane Peaks in the Sor Rondane Mountains. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1946 from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition,1936-37, and in 1957 from air photos taken by USN Operation HighJump, 1946-47. Named Vesthaugen (the west hill) by the Norwegians. |
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