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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| Luna 9-haugen (NOR) | 71° 39' 42.0" S | 11° 51' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 115569
Place ID: 8722
One of Eidshaugane E in Humboldtfjella, Wohlthatmassivet in Fimbulheimen. After the Sovjet space ferry Luna 9. |
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| Luna-9, gora (RUS) | 71° 39' 00.0" S | 11° 52' 00.0" E | Mountain |
| Name ID: 119154 Place ID: 8722 | |||
| Luna-Devyat' Mountain (USA) | 71° 40' 00.0" S | 11° 50' 00.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 128228
Place ID: 8722
Mountain, 1,880 m, forming the E end of the Eidshaugane Peaks in the Humboldt Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Discovered and plotted from air photos by GerAE, 1938-39. Mapped from air photos and surveys by NorAE, 1956-60; remapped by SovAE, 1960-61, and named Gora Luna-Devyat' (Luna Nine Mountain) in commemoration of the achievements of Soviet scientists in the study of space. |
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