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
Mefjell Glacier (USA) 71° 58' 00.0" S 25° 00' 00.0" E Glacier
Name ID: 128756 Place ID: 9379

Glacier, 5 mi long, flowing NW into Gjel Glacier between Menipa Peak and Mefjell Mountain in the Sor Rondane Mountains. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1957 from air photos taken by USN Operation HighJump, 1946-47, and named Mefjellbreen (the middle mountain glacier).

Mefjellbreen (NOR) 72° 01' 00.0" S 25° 04' 00.0" E Glacier
Name ID: 115602 Place ID: 9379

Glacier on the N side of Mefjell, in the middle part of Sør-Rondane. From neighbouring name: Mefjell.

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