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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| Aurkleven (NOR) | 71° 58' 00.0" S | 7° 30' 00.0" E | Cirque |
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Name ID: 114822
Place ID: 636
Snowfield between Kubus and Klevekampen in Filchnerfjella, Orvinfjella in Fimbulheimen. Aur=gravel. |
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| Aurkleven Cirque (USA) | 71° 58' 00.0" S | 7° 31' 00.0" E | Cirque |
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Name ID: 122017
Place ID: 636
A large cirque, the bottom of which is partially covered with moraine, between Kubus Mountain and Klevekampen Mountain in the Filchner Mountains of Queen Maud Land. Plotted from surveys and air photos by NorAE (1956-60) and named Aurkleven (the gravel closet). |
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| Horseshoe Harbour (AUS) | 67° 36' 00.0" S | 62° 52' 00.1" E | Harbour |
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Name ID: 636
Place ID: 6621
A harbour formed by the horseshoe-shaped rock on which Mawson station is built. Photographed by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and mapped by Norwegian cartographers. Photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). First visited by ANARE under Phillip Law who selected this site for Mawson station, which was established on 13 February, 1954. |
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