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
Hortebrekka (NOR) 72° 07' 00.0" S 12° 35' 00.0" E Slope
Name ID: 115279 Place ID: 6628

Ice-fall on the E side of Horteriset, W-most in Hoelfjella, Fimbulheimen. From neighbouring name: Horteriset.

Hortebrekka Slope (USA) 72° 07' 00.0" S 12° 34' 00.0" E Slope
Name ID: 126722 Place ID: 6628

A crevassed ice slope which marks the E edge of Horteriset Dome, just W of the Weyprecht Mountains in Queen Maud Land. Photographed from the air by the GerAE (1938-39). Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the NorAE (1956-60) and named Hortebrekka.

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