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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| Vinje Glacier (USA) | 71° 55' 00.0" S | 8° 00' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 133280
Place ID: 15529
A broad glacier about 20 mi long flowing NW between the Filchner Mountains and Fenriskjeften Mountain in Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the NorAE (1956-60) and named for T. Vinje, meteorologist with NorAE (1956-58). |
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| Vinjebreen (NOR) | 72° 02' 00.0" S | 8° 19' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 116334
Place ID: 15529
50 km long glacier in Orvinfjella between Filchnerfjella and Drygalskifjella/Holtedahlfjella in the middle part of Fimbulheimen. After Torgny Vinje, meteorologist with NorAE, 1956-58, senior Scientist with Norwegian Polar Research Institute. See also Torgnyskjeret. |
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| Vinjebreen (RUS) | 72° 00' 00.0" S | 8° 10' 00.0" E | Glacier |
| Name ID: 121220 Place ID: 15529 | |||
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