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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| Fenristunga (NOR) | 71° 52' 00.0" S | 8° 17' 00.0" E | |
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Name ID: 115070
Place ID: 4522
Ice plateau on Fenriskjeften, Drygalskifjella in Orvinfjella, N in Fimbulheimen. F.=The tongue of the wolf Fenris in Norse mythology. |
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| Fenristunga (USA) | 71° 52' 00.0" S | 8° 17' 00.0" E | |
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Name ID: 125039
Place ID: 4522
A sloping field of ice within the rock walls of hairpin-shaped Fenriskjeften Mountain, in the Drygalski Mountains of Queen Maud Land. Mapped from surveys and air photos by the NorAE (1956-60) and named Fenristunga (Fenrir's tongue) in association with Fenriskjeften Mountain. |
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