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
Gamburceva, podlĂ«dnye gory (RUS) 80° 30' 00.0" S 76° 00' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 118119 Place ID: 5096

Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains (AUS) 80° 30' 00.0" S 76° 00' 00.0" E Subglacial mountains
Name ID: 2515 Place ID: 5096

The subglacial mountains are within the Australian Antarctic Territory near the western boundary with Dronning Maud Land. They underlie and extend beyond the area of Dome Argus. The mountains were discovered by a Soviet Union Seismic party in 1958.

Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains (USA) 80° 30' 00.0" S 76° 00' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 125513 Place ID: 5096

A major group of subglacial mountains which underlie and extend beyond the area of Dome Argus in the central part of East Antarctica. Their existence was determined by a Soviet seismic party in 1958. Named after Grigoriy A. Gamburtsev (1903-55) Soviet geophysicist.

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