Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Alexander-von-Humboldt-Gebirge (DEU) | 71° 40' 00.0" S | 11° 30' 00.0" E | Range |
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Name ID: 106792
Place ID: 6750
The W part (Norwegian name Humboldtfjella) of Wohlthatmassiv, E of Dallmannberge and of the glacier Somoveken, comprising Nordwestinsel, In der Schüssel (Norwegian name Grautfatet), Lose Platte, Altar, Eidshaugane, Kvamsbrotet, Flånuten, Skeidsnutane, Medåsen, and Havdenuten, Fimbulheimen, Neuschwabenland, Dronning Maud Land. Discovered during German Antarctic Expedition 1938/39 ('Neuschwabenland-Expedition') under Alfred Ritscher. |
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| Humboldt Gebirge (RUS) | 71° 45' 00.0" S | 11° 30' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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| Humboldt Mountains (USA) | 71° 45' 00.0" S | 11° 30' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 126830
Place ID: 6750
A group of mountains immediately W of the Petermann Ranges, forming the westernmost portion of the Wohlthat Mountains in Queen Maud Land. Discovered and mapped by the GerAE under Ritscher, 1938-39, who named them for Alexander von Humboldt, famed German naturalist and geographer of the first half of the nineteenth century. |
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| Humboldtfjella (NOR) | 71° 40' 00.0" S | 11° 30' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 115293
Place ID: 6750
Mountain area in the W part of Wohlthatmassivet, E in Fimbulheimen. After Alexander von Humboldt, 1769-1859, German naturalist and geographer. |
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