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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| Vorta (NOR) | 72° 05' 00.0" S | 1° 42' 00.0" E | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 116342
Place ID: 15589
Small nunatak NE of Brattskarvet in H.U.Sverdrupfjella, Fimbulheimen. V.=the wart. |
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| Vorta Nunatak (USA) | 72° 05' 00.0" S | 1° 44' 00.0" E | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 133318
Place ID: 15589
An isolated nunatak about 5 mi E of Brattskarvet Mountain, 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 the Norwegian expedition (1958-59) and named Vorta (the wart). |
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