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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| Witte Peaks (USA) | 71° 32' 00.0" S | 2° 04' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 133811
Place ID: 16173
A line of about four nunataks trending SW-NE, rising 15 mi W of Stein Nunataks on the N part of Ahlmann Ridge in Queen Maud Land. Discovered by the GerAE under Ritscher, 1938-39, and named for Dietrich Witte, motor mechanic on the expedition. Surveyed by NBSAE, 1949-52. |
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| Witte Spitzen (RUS) | 71° 27' 00.0" S | 3° 25' 00.0" W | Peak |
| Name ID: 121422 Place ID: 16173 | |||
| Wittespitzen (DEU) | 71° 30' 00.0" S | 2° 00' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 107169
Place ID: 16173
NW part of Ahlmannryggen at the grounding line of the ice shelf Fimbulisen, comprising the nunataks of Marsteinen, Valken, Krylen, and Knotten, Ritscherhochland, Maudheimvidda, Neuschwabenland, Dronning Maud Land. Discovered during German Antarctic Expedition 1938/39 ('Neuschwabenland-Expedition') under Alfred Ritscher. |
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