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
Flattunga (NOR) 68° 51' 00.0" S 39° 58' 00.0" E
Name ID: 115089 Place ID: 4697

Seven km broad ice-tongue NE of Flatvær, Kronprins Olav Kyst. F.=the flat tongue.

Flattunga (RUS) 68° 50' 00.0" S 39° 55' 00.0" E
Name ID: 118012 Place ID: 4697

Flattunga (USA) 68° 51' 00.0" S 40° 00' 00.0" E
Name ID: 125177 Place ID: 4697

A small ice tongue protruding into the sea between Tottsuki Point and Tensoku Rock, at the western end of Prince Olav Coast in Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Flattunga (the flat tongue).

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