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
Krüger Berg (RUS) 72° 36' 00.0" S 0° 58' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 118897 Place ID: 7862

Krügerberg (DEU) 72° 36' 00.0" S 0° 57' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 106971 Place ID: 7862

A group of nunataks (Norwegian name Kvitskarvet) 15 km E of the mountain range Herrmannberge, H.U.Sverdrupfjella, Fimbulheimen, Neuschwabenland, Dronning Maud Land. Discovered during German Antarctic Expedition 1938/39 ('Neuschwabenland-Expedition') under Alfred Ritscher.

Kvitskarvet (NOR) 72° 36' 00.0" S 0° 56' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 115517 Place ID: 7862

Mostly ice- and snow-covered height E and S in H.U.Sverdrupfjella, Fimbulheimen. Kvit=white.

Mount Krüger (USA) 72° 36' 00.0" S 0° 57' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 127622 Place ID: 7862

A mountain (2,655 m) standing 8 mi SW of Kvitho Peak in the Sverdrup Mountains of Queen Maud Land. Discovered by the GerAE under Ritscher, 1938-39, and named for Walter Kruger, meteorological assistant on the expedition. Surveyed by NBSAE, 1949-52.

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