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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| Kvitkjølen (NOR) | 72° 24' 00.0" S | 0° 50' 00.0" E | Ridge |
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Name ID: 115513
Place ID: 7957
Mostly ice- and snow-covered mountain ridge between Isingen and Kvitsvodene, in the middle part of H.U.Sverdrupfjella, Fimbulheimen. K.=the white keel. |
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| Kvitkjølen Ridge (USA) | 72° 24' 00.0" S | 0° 49' 00.0" E | Ridge |
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Name ID: 127666
Place ID: 7957
A rock ridge between ice filled Kvitsvodene Valley and Ising Glacier 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 Kvitljolen (the white keel). |
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