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
Jorgensen Nunataks (USA) 83° 43' 00.0" S 164° 12' 00.0" E Nunatak
Name ID: 127173 Place ID: 7233

Two rock nunataks, rising above the ice-covered ridge which descends eastward from Mount Picciotto, Queen Elizabeth Range. Named by US-ACAN for Arthur E. Jorgensen, USARP meteorologist at South Pole Station, winter 1958.

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