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
Brekkerista (NOR) 72° 14' 00.0" S 0° 17' 00.0" W Ridge
Name ID: 114943 Place ID: 1822

Mountain between Straumsvola and Jutulrøra in Gburekfjella, W of H.U.Sverdrupfjella in Fimbulheimen.

Brekkerista Ridge (USA) 72° 14' 00.0" S 0° 18' 00.0" W Ridge
Name ID: 122913 Place ID: 1822

A ridge 2 mi NE of the summit of Jutulrora Mountain in the Sverdrup Mountains of Queen Maud Land. Plotted from air photos by the GerAE (1938-39). Remapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by NBSAE (1949-52) and air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958-59) and named Brekkerista (the slope ridge).

Filson Nunatak (AUS) 67° 51' 57.4" S 63° 03' 20.0" E Nunatak
Name ID: 1822 Place ID: 4593

A small nunatak about 7 km ESE of Dallice Peak in the Central Masson Range. Photographed in 1958 by ANARE aircraft but not plotted on a map. Sighted by an ANARE party led by J. Williams in December, 1962, whilst collecting geological specimens and lichens in the Framnes Mountains. Named after Rex Filson, carpenter at Mawson in 1962, a member of the party.

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