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
Framnæsodden (NOR) 68° 50' 18.0" S 90° 43' 30.0" W Head
Name ID: 115108 Place ID: 4898

Small point in the S part of Sandefjordbukta on Lazarevkysten, W coast of Peter I Øy. After Framnæs Engineering workshop in Sandefjord, Norway.

Framnes Head (RUS) 68° 47' 00.0" S 90° 42' 00.0" W Head
Name ID: 118066 Place ID: 4898

Framnes Head (USA) 68° 47' 00.0" S 90° 42' 00.0" W Head
Name ID: 125346 Place ID: 4898

A small rock point in Sandefjord Cove on the west side of Peter I Island. Charted and named by a Norwegian expedition in the Norvegia under Nils Larsen, who made the first landing on Peter I Island at this point in February 1929.

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