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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| Kvithø (NOR) | 72° 29' 00.0" S | 1° 14' 00.0" E | Peak |
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Name ID: 115512
Place ID: 7954
Mostly ice-covered crag S of Isingen, in the middle part of H.U.Sverdrupfjella, Fimbulheimen. K.=the white hill. |
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| Kvithø (RUS) | 72° 29' 00.0" S | 1° 12' 00.0" E | Peak |
| Name ID: 118929 Place ID: 7954 | |||
| Kvithø Peak (USA) | 72° 29' 00.0" S | 1° 13' 00.0" E | Peak |
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Name ID: 127663
Place ID: 7954
An isolated peak rising above the ice 7 mi SE of Kvitkjolen Ridge, in the Sverdrup Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Photographed from the air by the GerAE (1938-39). Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by NBSAE (1949-52) and air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958-59) and named Kvitho (white hill). |
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