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
Brattskarvbrekka (NOR) 72° 09' 00.0" S 1° 25' 00.0" E Pass
Name ID: 114933 Place ID: 1781

Ice-fall between Brattskarvet and Vendeholten in H. U. Sverdrupfjella W in Fimbulheimen. Bratt=steep.

Brattskarvbrekka Pass (USA) 72° 10' 00.0" S 1° 25' 00.0" E Pass
Name ID: 122882 Place ID: 1781

An E-W pass between Brattskarvet Mountain and Vendeholten Mountain, in the Sverdrup Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Photographed from the air by the GerAE (1938-39). Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by NBSAE (1949-52) and air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958-59) and named Brattskarvbrekka (the steep mountain slope).

Hall Nunataks (AUS) 70° 47' 17.9" S 66° 43' 27.8" E Nunatak
Name ID: 1781 Place ID: 5899

A group of five nunataks about 13 km south-east of Mount Bunt in the Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1960. Named after R.G. Hall, assistant diesel mechanic at Wilkes in 1964.

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