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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| Gessner Peak (USA) | 71° 46' 00.0" S | 6° 55' 00.0" E | Peak |
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Name ID: 125643
Place ID: 5283
The highest peak (3,020 m) of Storkvarvet Mountain, standing 3 mi N of Habermehl Peak in the NE part of the Muhlig-Hofmann Mountains of Queen Maud Land. Discovered by the GerAE under Ritscher, 1938-39, and named for the manager of the German Hansa-Luftbild, an aerial photographic corporation. |
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| Gessner Spitze (RUS) | 71° 45' 00.0" S | 6° 50' 00.0" E | Peak |
| Name ID: 118166 Place ID: 5283 | |||
| Geßnerspitze (DEU) | 71° 44' 00.0" S | 6° 54' 00.0" E | Peak |
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Name ID: 106892
Place ID: 5283
The highest peak (Norwegian name Gessnertind) of Storkvarvet, N of Jökulkyrkja, located an the NE end of Mühlig-Hofmann-Gebirge, Fimbulheimen, Neuschwabenland, Dronning Maud Land. Discovered during German Antarctic Expedition 1938/39 ('Neuschwabenland-Expedition') under Alfred Ritscher. |
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| Gessnertind (NOR) | 71° 46' 00.0" S | 6° 54' 00.0" E | Peak |
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Name ID: 115141
Place ID: 5283
Mountain peak in the S part of Storkvarvet in Mühlig-Hofmannfjella, Fimbulheimen. After Gessner, the manager of the German Hansa-Luftbild, an aerial photographic corporation. |
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