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
Austreskorve Glacier (USA) 71° 50' 00.0" S 5° 40' 00.0" E Glacier
Name ID: 122042 Place ID: 675

A broad glacier in the Muhlig-Hofmann Mountains which drains N from a position just E of the head of Vestreskorve Glacier and passes along the E side of Breplogen Mountain. Mapped and named from surveys and air photos by the NorAE (1956-60).

Azimuth Hill (AUS) 67° 00' 30.3" S 142° 39' 20.8" E Hill
Name ID: 675 Place ID: 716

A hill about 25 m high, at the north-west end of a steep, narrow rocky ridge which trends north-west overlooking the main hut at Cape Denison. The hill is about 230 m WNW from Mawson's main hut. The feature was named by Douglas Mawson during the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 and appears on official maps of the expedition.

Skorvebreen, Austre (NOR) 71° 57' 00.0" S 5° 46' 00.0" E Glacier
Name ID: 115993 Place ID: 675

Large glacier in the middle of Mühlig-Hofmannfjella, Fimbulheimen.

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