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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| Arne Nunatak (USA) | 71° 43' 00.0" S | 8° 20' 00.0" E | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 121930
Place ID: 528
The largest of the Hemmestad Nunataks, in the Drygalski Mountains of Queen Maud Land. Plotted from air photos by the GerAE (1938-39). Mapped from surveys and air photos by NorAE (1956-60) and named for Arne Hemmestad, mechanic with NorAE (1956-57). |
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| Arnesteinen (NOR) | 71° 43' 00.0" S | 8° 50' 00.0" E | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 114807
Place ID: 528
Dronning Maud Land. Nunatak, one of the peaks in Hemmestadskjera, Drygalskifjella, north in Orvinfjella, Fimbulheimen. After Arne Hemmestad, mechanic with NorAE, 1956-57. See also Hemmestadskjera. |
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| Diamond Glacier (AUS) | 79° 51' 00.0" S | 158° 52' 00.1" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 528
Place ID: 3609
A distributary glacier of the Darwin Glacier, about 8 km long and 2 km wide which narrows to a snout which enters a valley opening out at Lake Wilson. Discovered by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (1962-63). Named from nearby Diamond Hill. |
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