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
Boreas (DEU) 71° 18' 00.0" S 3° 57' 00.0" W Nunatak
Name ID: 106822 Place ID: 1604

Boreas, the W nunatak of two adjacent nunataks (the other: 'Passat'), Ritscherhochland, Maudheimvidda, Neuschwabenland, Dronning Maud Land. Discovered during German Antarctic Expedition 1938/39 ('Neuschwabenland-Expedition') under Alfred Ritscher.

Boreas (NOR) 71° 18' 00.0" S 3° 56' 00.0" W Nunatak
Name ID: 114906 Place ID: 1604

Nunatak S of Jelbartisen, between Kronprinsesse Märtha Kyst and Maudheimvidda. After "Boreas", one of the Dornier flying boats of GerAE, 1938-39, under Alfred Ritscher.

Boreas Nunatak (RUS) 71° 18' 00.0" S 4° 05' 00.0" W Nunatak
Name ID: 117176 Place ID: 1604

Boreas Nunatak (USA) 71° 18' 00.0" S 3° 57' 00.0" W Nunatak
Name ID: 122736 Place ID: 1604

A nunatak (220 m) nearly 1 mi SW of Passat Nunatak at the mouth of Schytt Glacier in Queen Maud Land. Discovered by the GerAE under Ritscher, 1938-39, and named after Boreas, one of the Dornier flying boats of the expedition. The feature was surveyed by the NBSAE, 1949-52.

Mount Reed (AUS) 67° 01' 59.9" S 51° 37' 59.9" E Mountain
Name ID: 1604 Place ID: 11977

One of the Tula Mountains, Enderby Land, on the northern side of the Beaver Glacier. Plotted from air photographs taken by ANARE in 1956. Named after J.E. Reed, a member of the crew of the Discovery during BANZARE (1929-31).

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