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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| Hjelmkalven (NOR) | 71° 39' 00.0" S | 26° 28' 00.0" E | Point |
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Name ID: 115262
Place ID: 6418
Rocky point on the N dside of Vesthjelmen, E of the lower part of Byrdbreen in Sør-Rondane. From neighbouring name: Vesthjelmen. |
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| Hjelmkalven Point (USA) | 71° 40' 00.0" S | 26° 22' 00.0" E | Point |
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Name ID: 126554
Place ID: 6418
Rocky point on the N side of Vesthjelmen Peak, at the E side of the mouth of Byrdbreen in the Sor Rondane Mountains. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1946 from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and in 1957 from air photos taken by USN Operation HighJump, 1946-47. Named Hjelmkalven by the Norwegians. |
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