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
Felsinsel (DEU) 71° 28' 00.0" S 12° 10' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 106869 Place ID: 5984

Two peaks (Hansenhovden and Kåreseten) at the N extremity of Westliche Petermannkette, surrounded by the ice stream Humboldtgraben in the W and by the glacier Svaerthornbreen in the E, Wohlthatmassiv, Fimbulheimen, Neuschwabenland, Dronning Maud Land. Discovered during German Antarctic Expedition 1938/39 ('Neuschwabenland-Expedition') under Alfred Ritscher.

Hansenhovden (NOR) 71° 28' 00.0" S 12° 10' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 115227 Place ID: 5984

Mountain N-most in Vestre Petermannkjeda in Wohlthatmassivet, Fimbulheimen. After Kåre Hansen, meteorologist with NorAE, 1958-59. See also Kåreseten.

Mount Hansen (USA) 71° 28' 00.0" S 12° 09' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 126183 Place ID: 5984

Mountain, 1,895 m, standing 1 mi N of Kare Bench and just NW of Daykovaya Peak at the N extremity of Westliche Petermann Range, Wohlthat Mountains. Discovered and plotted from air photos by GerAE, 1938-39. Replotted from air photos and surveys by NorAE, 1956-60, and named for Kare Hansen, a meteorologist with NorAE, 1958-59.

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