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
Kvervelnatten (NOR) 73° 31' 00.0" S 3° 53' 00.0" W Peak
Name ID: 115506 Place ID: 7949

Small mountain in Heksegryta, in the N part of Kirwanveggen in Maudheimvidda. Kvervel=whirl.

Kvervelnatten Peak (USA) 73° 31' 00.0" S 3° 53' 00.0" W Peak
Name ID: 127660 Place ID: 7949

A peak 2 mi SW of Svartbandufsa Bluff in the Kirwan Escarpment of Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by NBSAE (1949-52) and additional air photos (1958-59), and named Kvervelnatten.

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