Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Bardina, hrebet (RUS) | 71° 33' 00.0" S | 12° 10' 00.0" E | Range |
| Name ID: 116961 Place ID: 15924 | |||
| Petermannkjeda, vestre (NOR) | 71° 35' 00.0" S | 12° 10' 00.0" E | Range |
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Name ID: 115755
Place ID: 15924
Range of mountains in Wohlthatmassivet, Fimbulheimen. Vestre=western. After Dr. August Petermann, 1822-78, German geographer, founder of Petermann's Geographische Mitteilungen, Gotha. Promotor of German Polar exploration. |
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| Westliche Petermann Range (USA) | 71° 35' 00.0" S | 12° 10' 00.0" E | Range |
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Name ID: 133591
Place ID: 15924
One of the Petermann Ranges, extending N-S for 16 mi from Mount Hansen to Aurdalen Valley, in the Wohlthat Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Discovered and plotted from air photos by GerAE, 1938-39, and so named by them for its western position in the northern part of the Petermann Ranges. |
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| Westliche Petermannkette (DEU) | 71° 36' 00.0" S | 12° 12' 00.0" E | Range |
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Name ID: 107160
Place ID: 15924
The W mountain chain of Petermannketten, comprising vestre Petermannkjeda and Zwieselberg, ranging from Felsinsel in the N to the valley Aurdalen and to Grabenhorn and Skeidskneet in the S, Wohlthatmassiv, Fimbulheimen, Neuschwabenland, Dronning Maud Land. The S part of Westliche Petermannkette, covering Zwieselberg and Grabenhorn, was named by a Soviet expedition 1960/61 as hrebet Vil'gel'ma Pika (translated German name as used bei GDR-scientists: Wilhelm-Pieck-Rücken) after the GDR-President Wilhelm Pieck (Norwegian name Pieckryggen). Discovered during German Antarctic Expedition 1938/39 ('Neuschwabenland-Expedition') under Alfred Ritscher. |
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