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Antarctica ID: | 6741 |
Name: | Moraine Plain |
Class: | Plain |
Latitude: | -54.3 |
Longitude: | -36.5166667 |
Description: | Glacial plain between Hamberg Lakes and Cumberland East Bay, South Georgia. It is covered with tussock and is almost 2 mi long in a NE-SW direction and 0.75 mi wide. The name Hestesletten (Norwegian word meaning horse plain) arose because a small herd of horses, introduced by the South Georgia Exploration Co. in 1905, survived here for a number of years. |
BGN: | 01-JAN-63 |
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Antarctica ID: | 6741 |
Name: | Hestesletten |
Class: | Plain |
Latitude: | -54.3 |
Longitude: | -36.5166667 |
Description: | Glacial plain between Hamberg Lakes and Cumberland East Bay, South Georgia. It is covered with tussock and is almost 2 mi long in a NE-SW direction and 0.75 mi wide. The name Hestesletten (Norwegian word meaning horse plain) arose because a small herd of horses, introduced by the South Georgia Exploration Co. in 1905, survived here for a number of years. |
BGN: | 01-JAN-63 |
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