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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Fenriskjeften (NOR) | 71° 53' 00.0" S | 8° 15' 00.0" E | Mountain |
Name ID: 115069
Place ID: 4521
Mountain area S in Drygalskifjella, Orvinfjella in Fimbulheimen. F.=the mouth of the wolf Fenris in Norse mythology. |
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Fenriskjeften Mountain (USA) | 71° 53' 00.0" S | 8° 18' 00.0" E | Mountain |
Name ID: 125038
Place ID: 4521
A large bare rock mountain which in plan resembles a hairpin, forming the S portion of Drygalski Mountains in Queen Maud Land. Plotted from air photos by the GerAE (1938-39). Mapped from surveys and air photos by NorAE (1956-60) and because of its shape named Fenriskjeften (Fenrir's jaw), after the wolf in Norse mythology. |
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