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
Institut Geologii Arktiki Rocks (USA) 70° 56' 00.0" S 11° 30' 00.0" E Rock
Name ID: 126951 Place ID: 6913

A group of scattered rock outcrops that extend in an E-W direction for 20 mi, located 7 mi S of the Schirmacher Hills in Queen Maud Land, Discovered and plotted from air photos by GerAE, 1938-39. Mapped from air photos and surveys by NorAE, 1956-60; remapped by SovAE, 1960-61, and named after the Institute of Arctic Geology.

Instituta Geologii Arktiki, skaly (RUS) 70° 58' 00.0" S 11° 30' 00.0" E Rock
Name ID: 118581 Place ID: 6913

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