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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| Kvalfinnen (NOR) | 72° 12' 30.0" S | 26° 37' 00.0" E | Ridge |
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Name ID: 115494
Place ID: 7935
Mountain ridge in Byrdbreen, on the NE side of Gunnar Isachsenfjellet in Sør-Rondane. K.=the whale fin. |
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| Kvalfinnen Ridge (USA) | 72° 08' 00.0" S | 26° 24' 00.0" E | Ridge |
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Name ID: 127653
Place ID: 7935
Ridge, 2,670 m, standing on the W side of Byrdbreen and 0.5 mi N of Isachsen Mountain in the Sor Rondane Mountains. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1957 from air photos taken by USN Operation HighJump, 1946-47, and named Kvalfinnen (the whale fin) because of its shape. |
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