Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
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 |
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| Dreikanter Head (NZL) | 76° 53' 00.0" S | 162° 30' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 113185
Place ID: 3870
A dark triangular headland rising to 551m, situated on the west side of Granite Harbour and separated by a small glacier from the north side of Kar Plateau, in Victoria Land. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MC09 |
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| Dreikanter Head (USA) | 76° 53' 00.0" S | 162° 30' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 124520
Place ID: 3870
A dark triangular headland between the mouths of Hunt and Marston Glaciers, on the W side of Granite Harbor, Victoria Land. The triangular appearance of the feature when viewed from the SE suggests the name; "Dreikantig" is a German word meaning three-edged. |
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| Mount Dreikanter (RUS) | 76° 53' 00.0" S | 162° 28' 00.0" E | Mountain |
| Name ID: 117773 Place ID: 3870 | |||
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