Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Weyprecht Berge (RUS) | 72° 00' 00.0" S | 13° 30' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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| Weyprecht Mountains (USA) | 72° 00' 00.0" S | 13° 30' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 133601
Place ID: 15935
A small group of mountains about 10 mi W of the Payer Mountains, forming the western half of the Hoel Mountains in Queen Maud Land. Discovered by the GerAE under Ritscher, 1938-39, and named for Karl Weyprecht, Austrian polar explorer who in company with Julius Payer discovered Franz Josef Land in 1873, and who initiated the first International Polar Year expedition in 1882-83. |
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| Weyprechtberge (DEU) | 72° 00' 00.0" S | 13° 30' 00.0" E | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 107163
Place ID: 15935
Group of nunataks (Norwegian name Weyprechtfjella) around Dekefjellet, located S of Otto-von-Gruber-Gebitge and SE of søre Petermannkjeda, Fimbulheimen, Neuschwabenland, Dronning Maud Land. Discovered during German Antarctic Expedition 1938/39 ('Neuschwabenland-Expedition') under Alfred Ritscher. |
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| Weyprechtfjella (NOR) | 72° 00' 00.0" S | 13° 30' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 116353
Place ID: 15935
Group of mountains in the W part of Hoelfjella, Fimbulheimen. After Karl Weyprecht, Austrian explorer, who in company with Julius Payer discovered Franz Josef Land in 1873. |
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