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
Heksegryta (NOR) 73° 31' 00.0" S 3° 48' 00.0" W Peak
Name ID: 115247 Place ID: 6204

The mountains Svartbandufsa, Kvervelnatten and Mjøllføykje in the N part of Kirwanveggen, Maudheimvidda. H.=the witches' cauldron.

Heksegryta Peaks (USA) 73° 31' 00.0" S 3° 48' 00.0" W Peak
Name ID: 126380 Place ID: 6204

A group of peaks rising between Belgen Valley and Tverregg Glacier, in the Kirwan Escarpment of Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by NBSAE (1949-52) and additional air photos (1958-59), and named Hekesegryta (the witch's cauldron).

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