Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Lützow-Holm Bay (USA) | 69° 10' 00.0" S | 37° 30' 00.0" E | Bay |
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Name ID: 128242
Place ID: 8743
A large bay, about 120 mi wide, indenting the coast of Queen Maud Land between Riiser-Larsen Peninsula and the coastal angle immediately east of the Flatvaer Islands. Discovered by Capt. Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen in two airplane flights from his expedition vessel, the Norvegia, on Feb. 21 and 23, 1931. The name, honoring Cdr. Finn Lutzow-Holm of the Norwegian Naval Air Service, a pilot for Capt. Riiser-Larsen on the Aagaard in 1935. |
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| Lützow-Holmbukta (NOR) | 69° 30' 00.0" S | 38° 00' 00.0" E | Bay |
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Name ID: 115574
Place ID: 8743
Bay between Prins Harald Kyst and Kronprins Olav Kyst. After Finn Lützow-Holm, 1890-1950, Norwegian naval officer who visited Antarctica with "Norvegia" in 1929-30. |
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| Lützow-Holmbukta (RUS) | 69° 15' 00.0" S | 37° 30' 00.0" E | Bay |
| Name ID: 119159 Place ID: 8743 | |||
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