Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Comrie Glacier (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Comrie Glacier (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Glacier
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
flowing W into Bigo Bay, Graham Coast, was roughly surveyed by FAE, 1908-10 (Charcot, 1912, Pl. 3), and further surveyed by BGLE in 1935-36 (Rymill, 1938a, map facing p.400); in association with the names of pioneers of documentation grouped in this area, named after Dr Leslie John Comrie (1893-1950), Superintendent, Nautical Almanac Office, 1930-36, who contributed to modern methods of computing and who assisted BGLE by providing advance copies of the Nautical Almanac up to 1937; Founder and first Director, Scientific Computing Service Ltd, London (APC, 1955, p.7; USHO chart 6639, 1955; DOS 610 sheet W 65 64, 1959); photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57. Lednik Komri (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Glaciar Comrie (Chile. DNH chart 1502, 1962; IHA, 1974, p.81).
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