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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| Lokehellene (NOR) | 71° 55' 00.0" S | 8° 45' 00.0" E | Cliff |
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Name ID: 115565
Place ID: 8587
The W part of Nupsskarvet in Holtedahlfjella, Orvinfjella in Fimbulheimen. After Loke, god in Norse mythology. Sigyn was his wife. |
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| Lokehellene Cliffs (USA) | 71° 56' 00.0" S | 8° 47' 00.0" E | Cliff |
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Name ID: 128159
Place ID: 8587
Steep rock cliffs which form the W side of Nupsskarvet Mountain, in the Kurze Mountains of Queen Maud Land. Mapped from surveys and air photos by NorAE (1956-60) and named Lokehellene (Loki slopes, or Loke) after the god of Norse mythology. |
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