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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| Hoel Mountains (USA) | 72° 00' 00.0" S | 14° 00' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 126583
Place ID: 6457
A group of mountains including the Weyprecht and Payer Mountains in Queen Maud Land. First photographed from the air and plotted by the GerAE (1938-39). Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the NorAE (1956-60) and named for Adolf Hoel, Norwegian geologist and Arctic explorer, leader and member of many expeditions to Greenland and Spitsbergen since 1907. |
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| Hoelfjella (NOR) | 72° 00' 00.0" S | 14° 00' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 115269
Place ID: 6457
Mountain area E-most in Fimbulheimen. After Adolf Hoel, 1879-1964, Norwegian geologist and Arctic explorer, leader of Norges Svalbard- og Ishavs-undersøkelser until 1945. |
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