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
Kyrkjebakken (NOR) 71° 54' 00.0" S 6° 31' 00.0" E Slope
Name ID: 115520 Place ID: 7969

Ice-fall on the W side of Jøkulkjyrkja, E in Mühlig-Hofmannfjella, Fimbulheimen. From neighbouring name: Jøkulkyrkja.

Kyrkjebakken Slope (USA) 71° 54' 00.0" S 6° 32' 00.0" E Slope
Name ID: 127676 Place ID: 7969

An ice slope on the W side of Jokulkyrkja Mountain, in the Muhlig-Hofmann Mountains of Queen Maud Land. Plotted from surveys and air photos by the NorAE (1956-60) and named Kyrkjebakken (the church hill).

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