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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| Vørterkaka (NOR) | 72° 28' 30.0" S | 27° 58' 00.0" E | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 116346
Place ID: 15590
Nunatak S of Bleikskoltane, E-most in Sør-Rondane. V.=the malt loaf. |
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| Vørterkaka (RUS) | 72° 20' 00.0" S | 27° 30' 00.0" E | Nunatak |
| Name ID: 121267 Place ID: 15590 | |||
| Vørterkaka Nunatak (USA) | 72° 20' 00.0" S | 27° 29' 00.0" E | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 133319
Place ID: 15590
Rock outcrop 1 mi S of Bleikskoltane Rocks at the SE extremity of the Sor Rondane Mountains. Mapped in 1957 by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by USN Operation HighJump, 1946-47, and named Vorterkaka (a round Norwegian sweet bread containing brewer's wort). |
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