Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
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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| Brattnipane (RUS) | 72° 07' 00.0" S | 24° 45' 00.0" E | Peak |
| Name ID: 117228 Place ID: 1780 | |||
| Brattnipane Peaks (USA) | 71° 54' 00.0" S | 24° 33' 00.0" E | Peak |
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Name ID: 122881
Place ID: 1780
Group of peaks, the highest 2,660 m, standing 9 mi NW of Mefjell Mountain in the Sor Rondane Mountains. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1946 from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and in 1957 in greater detail from air photos taken by USN Operation HighJump, 1946-47. Named Brattnipane (the steep peaks) by the Norwegians. |
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| Brattnipene (NOR) | 71° 53' 00.0" S | 24° 32' 00.0" E | Peak |
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Name ID: 114932
Place ID: 1780
Mountains N in the middle part of Sør-Rondane. Bratt=steep. Nipe=projecting mountain. |
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| Holladay Nunataks (AUS) | 69° 29' 13.0" S | 159° 21' 28.0" E | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 1780
Place ID: 6505
Nunataks about 13 km north-east of Parkinson Peak in Oates Land. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. Named after B.W. Holladay, avionics chief and maintenance control chief at McMurdo station during US Operation Deepfreeze 68. |
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