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
Krakken (NOR) 71° 59' 00.0" S 26° 26' 00.0" E Hill
Name ID: 115458 Place ID: 7799

Nunatak in Byrdbreen, Sør-Rondane. K.=the stool.

Krakken Hill (USA) 71° 57' 00.0" S 26° 14' 00.0" E Hill
Name ID: 127580 Place ID: 7799

Rocky hill standing in Byrdbreen, 5 mi E of Bautaen Peak in the Sor Rondane Mountains. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1957 from air photos taken by USN Operation HighJump, 1946-47, and named Krakken (the stool).

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