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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| Furdesanden (NOR) | 71° 47' 00.0" S | 9° 37' 00.0" E | |
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Name ID: 115120
Place ID: 5028
Long moraine area on the W side of Conradfjella, Orvinfjella in Fimbulheimen. F.=the furrow of sand. |
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| Furdesanden Moraine (USA) | 71° 48' 00.0" S | 9° 37' 00.0" E | Moraine |
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Name ID: 125461
Place ID: 5028
A moraine extending in a N-S direction for 17 mi along the W side of Conrad Mountains in the Orvin Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Discovered and photographed by the GerAE, 1938-39. Mapped by Norway from air photos and surveys by NorAE, 1956-60, and named Furdesanden (the furrow of sand). |
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