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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| Hovdeskar (NOR) | 71° 47' 00.0" S | 11° 40' 00.0" E | Pass |
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Name ID: 115290
Place ID: 6665
Pass between Skarshovden and Kvamsbrote tSE in Humboldtfjella, Wohlthatmassivet in Fimbulheimen. Hovde=mountain peak. |
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| Hovdeskar Gap (USA) | 71° 47' 00.0" S | 11° 39' 00.0" E | Pass |
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Name ID: 126758
Place ID: 6665
A gap just E of Mount Skarshovden at the head of Skarsbrotet Glacier, in the Humboldt Mountains of Queen Maud Land. Discovered and photographed by the GerAE, 1938-39. Mapped by Norway from air photos and surveys by NorAE, 1956-60, and named Hovdeskar (knoll gap). |
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