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
Zwiesel Berg (RUS) 71° 42' 00.0" S 12° 07' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 121524 Place ID: 16545

Zwiesel Mountain (USA) 71° 43' 00.0" S 12° 08' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 134000 Place ID: 16545

A large complex mountain which is highly dissected, rising to 2,970 m and forming the N portion of Pieck Range in the Petermann Ranges of Queen Maud Land. Discovered and given the descriptive name "Zwiesel-Berg" (forked mountain) by the GerAE, 1938-39, under Ritscher.

Zwieselberg (DEU) 71° 44' 00.0" S 12° 08' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 107177 Place ID: 16545

A large complex mountain which is highly dissected, S part (Norwegian name Zwieselhögda) of the range Westliche Petermannkette, rising at the E side of Humboldtgraben, Wohlthatmassiv, Fimbulheimen, Neuschwabenland, Dronning Maud Land. Discovered during German Antarctic Expedition 1938/39 ('Neuschwabenland-Expedition') under Alfred Ritscher.

Zwieselhøgda (NOR) 71° 43' 00.0" S 12° 07' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 116370 Place ID: 16545

Mountain area between Humboldtsøkket in the W, and Vestre and Søre Petermannkjeda in the E, in Wohlthatmassivet, Fimbulheimen. Zwiesel (German)=forhead.

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