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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| Gunnestad Glacier (USA) | 72° 03' 00.0" S | 23° 50' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 126027
Place ID: 5795
Glacier 13 mi long, flowing N between Mount Wideroe and Mount Walnum in the Sor Rondane Mountains. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1957 from air photos taken by USN Operation HighJump, 1946-47, and named for Lt. Alf Gunnestad, pilot with the Norwegian expedition under Lars Christensen, 1933-34. |
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| Gunnestadbreen (NOR) | 72° 07' 00.0" S | 23° 36' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 115196
Place ID: 5795
40 km long glacier E of Widerøefjellet in the middle part of Sør-Rondane. After lieutenant Alf Gunnestad, pilot with the Norwegian Antarctic expedition under Lars Christensen, 1933-34. |
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| Gunnestadbreen (RUS) | 72° 10' 00.0" S | 23° 50' 00.0" E | Glacier |
| Name ID: 118324 Place ID: 5795 | |||
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