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
Firaugnutane (NOR) 69° 44' 30.0" S 38° 07' 00.0" E Rock
Name ID: 115082 Place ID: 16378

Four small nunataks on the NE side of Djupvikneset, Prins Harald Kyst. F.=four eye nunataks. Norwegian translation of the original Japanese name Yotume Iwa.

Yotsume Rocks (USA) 69° 44' 00.0" S 38° 07' 00.0" E Rock
Name ID: 133931 Place ID: 16378

Four distinct rock exposures on the ice-covered N side of Djupvikneset Peninsula, along the SW shore of Lutzow-Holm Bay. First mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. Surveyed by JARE, 1957-62, and named Yotsume-iwa (the rock with four eyes).

Yotume Iwa (JPN) 69° 44' 00.0" S 38° 07' 00.0" E Rock
Name ID: 112580 Place ID: 16378

Four distinct rock exposures on ice-covered north side of Djupvikneset, along the southwest shore of Lützow-Holmbukta. Mapped from surveys and air photos by JARE, 1957-62, and named Yotume Iwa (the rocks with forming four eyes).

Yotume iwa (RUS) 69° 14' 00.0" S 38° 06' 00.0" E Rock
Name ID: 121451 Place ID: 16378

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