Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Wagner Ice Piedmont (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Wagner Ice Piedmont (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Piedmont
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:
S of Fournier Ridge, Desko Mountains, Rothschild Island, extending WSW-ESE from Bates Peak to Schenck Peak, was photographed from the air by RARE in 1947 and mapped from air photographs by FIDS in 1959; in association with the names of other composers in this area, named after Richard Wagner (1813-83), German composer ([in 69°28'S 72°38'W] APC, 1961, p.4; BA chart 3571, 14.vii.1961; Searle, 1963, end map; [coordinates corrected from US LANDSAT imagery of February 1975] APC, 1977, p.34; BAS 250P sheet SR 19-20/5 (Ext.), 1-DOS 1978).
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