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
Brugda (NOR) 72° 05' 00.0" S 2° 45' 00.0" E Ridge
Name ID: 114953 Place ID: 1944

Mountain ridge SE-most in Jutulsessen, Gjelsvikfjella in Fimbulheimen. B.=basking shark.

Brugda Ridge (USA) 72° 05' 00.0" S 2° 50' 00.0" E Ridge
Name ID: 123015 Place ID: 1944

A ridge extending ESE from the S side of Jutulsessen Mountain in the Gjelsvik 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 Brugda (basking shark).

Tschuffert Peak (AUS) 67° 28' 23.2" S 60° 54' 52.9" E Peak
Name ID: 1944 Place ID: 15020

A prominent, isolated peak, about 244 m high, about 3 km SSE of Taylor Rookery in Mac.Robertson Land. Mapped from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Svartpiggen (The Black Peak) by Norwegian cartographers.

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