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
Breidvåg (RUS) 69° 24' 00.0" S 39° 41' 00.0" E Bight
Name ID: 117240 Place ID: 1817

Breidvåg Bight (USA) 69° 20' 00.0" S 39° 44' 00.0" E Bight
Name ID: 122909 Place ID: 1817

A small bight along the E shore of Lutzow-Holm Bay, just W of Breidvagnipa Peak. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Breidvag (broad bay).

Breivåg (NOR) 69° 20' 00.0" S 39° 34' 00.0" E Bight
Name ID: 114939 Place ID: 1817

Bay W of Breivågnipa on Kronprins Olav Kyst. Brei=broad.

Lucas Nunatak (AUS) 67° 48' 16.2" S 62° 11' 11.4" E Nunatak
Name ID: 1817 Place ID: 8699

An isolated Nunatak about 6 km south of the main massif of the Casey Range and about 2 km south of Woodberry Nunataks. The area was visited by an ANARE party led by I. Landon-Smith in April, 1962.

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