Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
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 |
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| Crooked Lake (AUS) | 68° 37' 01.2" S | 78° 22' 55.2" E | Water body |
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Name ID: 1271
Place ID: 7847
An irregularly shaped lake about 5 km long in the south-east part of the Vestfold Hills. Mapped as two lakes by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Krokvatnet (The Crooked Lake) and Nyrevatnet (The Kidney Lake). |
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| Krok Lake (USA) | 68° 37' 00.0" S | 78° 24' 00.0" E | Water body |
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Name ID: 127616
Place ID: 7847
An irregular-shaped lake about 4 mi long in the SE part of the Vestfold Hills. The lake was partially mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and named Krokvatnet (the crooked lake). The lake was mapped in its entirety by ANARE, utilizing air photos taken in 1957-58. |
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| Krokvatnet (RUS) | 68° 37' 00.0" S | 78° 24' 00.0" E | Water body |
| Name ID: 118887 Place ID: 7847 | |||
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