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
Hovdebrekka (NOR) 72° 02' 00.0" S 11° 59' 00.0" E Slope
Name ID: 115284 Place ID: 6660

Ice slope between Skeidshovden and Gneisskolten in the S part of Wohlthatmassivet, Fimbulheimen. From neighbouring name: Skeidshovden.

Hovdebrekka Slope (USA) 72° 03' 00.0" S 11° 48' 00.0" E Slope
Name ID: 126756 Place ID: 6660

A crevassed ice slope several mi long which trends northeastward from Skeidshovden Mountain in the Wohlthat Mountains, Queen Maud Land. First 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 Hovdebrekka (the knoll slope).

Suslova, ledolom (RUS) 72° 02' 00.0" S 11° 48' 00.0" E Slope
Name ID: 120852 Place ID: 6660

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