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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| Forposten (NOR) | 71° 27' 00.0" S | 15° 34' 00.0" E | Peak |
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Name ID: 115106
Place ID: 15585
Nunatak E-most in Fimbulheimen. F.=the out post. |
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| Vorposten (DEU) | 71° 30' 00.0" S | 15° 30' 00.0" E | Peak |
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Name ID: 107145
Place ID: 15585
An isolated peak about 40 km NE of Payergruppe, named Vorposten because of its location at the eastern extremity of the area explored by the expedition. Discovered during German Antarctic Expedition 1938/39 ('Neuschwabenland-Expedition') under Alfred Ritscher. |
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| Vorposten (RUS) | 71° 25' 00.0" S | 15° 40' 00.0" E | Peak |
| Name ID: 121250 Place ID: 15585 | |||
| Vorposten Peak (USA) | 71° 25' 00.0" S | 15° 31' 00.0" E | Peak |
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Name ID: 133314
Place ID: 15585
An isolated peak (1,670 m) about 25 mi NE of the Payer Mountains in central Queen Maud Land. This feature was discovered by the GerAE under Ritscher, 1938-39, and named Vorposten (the outpost) because of its location at the eastern extremity of the area explored by the German expedition. |
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