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
Krasheninnikov Peak (USA) 71° 41' 00.0" S 12° 40' 00.0" E Peak
Name ID: 127589 Place ID: 7808

Peak, 2,525 m, on the S side of Svarthausane Crags in the Sudliche Petermann Range, Wohlthat Mountains. 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 Russian geographer S.P. Krasheninnikov.

Krasheninnikova, gora (RUS) 71° 41' 00.0" S 12° 38' 00.0" E Peak
Name ID: 118869 Place ID: 7808

Krasheninnikovhøgda (NOR) 71° 41' 00.0" S 12° 40' 30.0" E Peak
Name ID: 115461 Place ID: 7808

The S-most height in Svarthausane, N-most in Søre Petermannkjeda, Wohlthatmassivet in Fimbulheimen. After S. P. Krasheninnikov, Russian geographer.

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