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
Barkley Mountains (RUS) 72° 25' 00.0" S 0° 50' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 116966 Place ID: 903

Barkley Mountains (USA) 72° 22' 00.0" S 1° 00' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 122197 Place ID: 903

A small group of mountains including Kvitkjolen Ridge and Isingen Mountain, rising between Kvitsvodene Valley and Rogstad Glacier in the Sverdrup Mountains of Queen Maud Land. Discovered by the GerAE under Ritscher, 1938-39, and named for Erich Barkley, biologist on the expedition. Surveyed by the NBSAE, 1949-52.

Barkleyberge (DEU) 72° 23' 00.0" S 1° 00' 00.0" E Mountain
Name ID: 106803 Place ID: 903

Mountains located in H.U.Sverdrupfjella comprising the mountain ranges Isingen and Kvitkjölen, SW of the mountain ranges of Paulsenberge and NE of Herrmannberge, Fimbulheimen, Neuschwabenland, Dronning Maud Land. Discovered during German Antarctic Expedition 1938/39 ('Neuschwabenland-Expedition') under Alfred Ritscher.

Kilby Island (AUS) 66° 16' 20.6" S 110° 31' 19.9" E Island
Name ID: 903 Place ID: 7516

An island on the southern side of Newcomb Bay on the Budd Coast. Plotted from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named by USACAN after chief photographer's mate A.L. Kilby, USN, who took part in USN Operation Windmill (1947-48).  

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