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
Chernushka Nunatak (USA) 71° 35' 00.0" S 12° 01' 00.0" E Nunatak
Name ID: 123503 Place ID: 2590

Nunatak, 1,640 m, lying 2 mi SW of Sandseten Mountain on the W side of Westliche Petermann Range, Wohlthat Mountains. Discovered and plotted from air photos by GerAE, 1938-39. Mapped from air photos and surveys by NorAE, 1956-60; remapped by SovAE, 1960-61, and named in commemoration of the Soviet scientists' achievements in the study of space.

Chernushka, gora (RUS) 71° 35' 00.0" S 12° 01' 00.0" E Nunatak
Name ID: 117438 Place ID: 2590

Chernushkaknatten (NOR) 71° 34' 54.0" S 12° 02' 00.0" E Nunatak
Name ID: 114975 Place ID: 2590

Nunatak NE in Humboldtsøkket, Wohlthatmassivet in Fimbulheimen. C.=the little black rock. Commemoration of the Soviet scientist's achievements in the study of space.

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