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
Borg Mountain (USA) 72° 32' 00.0" S 3° 30' 00.0" W Mountain
Name ID: 122743 Place ID: 1611

A large, flattish, ice-topped mountain with many exposed rock cliffs, standing at the N end of Borg Massif in Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by NBSAE (1949-52) and named Borga (the castle).

Borga (NOR) 72° 32' 00.0" S 3° 30' 00.0" W Mountain
Name ID: 114907 Place ID: 1611

N-most mountain area in Borgmassivet, Maudheimvidda. B.=the castle.

Borga (RUS) 72° 32' 00.0" S 3° 21' 00.0" W Mountain
Name ID: 117178 Place ID: 1611

Mount Ronca (AUS) 82° 37' 59.9" S 155° 09' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 1611 Place ID: 12333

A mountain in the Geologists Range on the northern side of The Slot, 17 km south of Mount Fyfe. Plotted by the U.S. Geological Survey from air photographs taken by the U.S. Navy in 1960-62. Named by USACAN after L.B. Ronca, geologist at McMurdo station in 1960-61.

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