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
Isingen (NOR) 72° 23' 00.0" S 1° 06' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 115341 Place ID: 6961

Mostly icecapped mountain area in the middle part of H.U.Sverdrupfjella, Fimbulheimen. I.=the ice one.

Isingen Mountain (USA) 72° 23' 00.0" S 1° 04' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 126985 Place ID: 6961

A large icecapped mass, through which protrude several rock peaks, between Ising Glacier and Rogstad Glacier in the Sverdrup Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Photographed from the air by the GerAE (1938 39). Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by NBSAE (1949-52) and air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958-59) and named Isingen (the icing).

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