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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Humboldt Graben (RUS) | 71° 45' 00.0" S | 11° 55' 00.0" E | |
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| Humboldt Graben (USA) | 71° 45' 00.0" S | 11° 55' 00.0" E | |
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Name ID: 126829
Place ID: 6749
A glacier-filled valley, 20 mi long, trending N-S between the Humboldt Mountains and the Petermann Ranges in Queen Maud Land. The feature was discovered and mapped by the GerAE under Ritscher, 1938-39, who named it in association with the adjacent Humboldt Mountains. |
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| Humboldtgraben (DEU) | 71° 45' 00.0" S | 11° 55' 00.0" E | Ice stream |
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Name ID: 106934
Place ID: 6749
The ice stream (Norwegian name Humboldtsökket) is draining the continental ice sheet Wegenerinlandeis, seperating Alexander-von-Humboldt-Gebirge in the W and the mountain range Westliche Petermannkette in the E, Wohlthatmassiv, Fimbulheimen, Neuschwabenland, Donning Maud Land. Discovered during German Antarctic Expedition 1938/39 ('Neuschwabenland-Expedition') under Alfred Ritscher. |
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| Humboldtsøkket (NOR) | 71° 45' 00.0" S | 11° 55' 00.0" E | |
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Name ID: 115294
Place ID: 6749
Long ice valley between Humboldtfjella and Zwieselhøgda in Wohlthatmassivet, E in Fimbulheimen. After Alexander von Humboldt. See Humboldtfjella. |
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