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
Gangbrekka (NOR) 72° 15' 00.0" S 0° 20' 00.0" W Pass
Name ID: 115131 Place ID: 5103

Ice slope in Gburekfjella, W of H.U.Sverdrupfjella in Fimbulheimen. Gang=hall.

Gangbrekka Pass (USA) 72° 15' 00.0" S 0° 20' 00.0" W Pass
Name ID: 125519 Place ID: 5103

A mountain pass between Jutulrora Mountain and Brekkerista Ridge in the Sverdrup Mountains of Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by NBSAE (1949-52) and air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958-59) and named Gangbrekka (the passage slope).

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