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
Kvithovden (NOR) 72° 22' 00.0" S 0° 46' 00.0" E Peak
Name ID: 115511 Place ID: 7956

Crag N in Kvitkjølen, in the middle part of H.U.Sverdrupfjella, Fimbulheimen. K.=the white peak.

Kvithovden Peak (USA) 72° 22' 00.0" S 0° 45' 00.0" E Peak
Name ID: 127665 Place ID: 7956

A peak at the N end 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 Kvithovden (the white peak).

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