Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Helle Slope (USA) | 71° 25' 00.0" S | 5° 15' 00.0" E | Slope |
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Name ID: 126395
Place ID: 6221
A large ice piedmont along the coast of Queen Maud Land, lying E of Jutulstraumen Glacier and N of the Muhlig-Hofmann Mountains. Photographed from the air by the GerAE (1938-39). Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by NBSAE (1949-52) and air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958-59). Named for Sigurd Helle, leader of the 1957 Norwegian expedition to Queen Maud Land. |
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| Hellehallet (NOR) | 71° 10' 00.0" S | 6° 00' 00.0" E | Slope |
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Name ID: 115249
Place ID: 6221
The ice slope between the coast and the mountains in the W part of Fimbulheimen and Prinsesse Astrid Kyst. After Sigurd G. Helle, b. 1920, topographer at Norsk Polarinstitutt. Leader of NorAE, 1956-69. See also Sigurdsvodene. |
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