Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Oku-Shirase Daira (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Oku-Shirase Daira (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Ice field (12)
This name originates from Japan. It is part of the Japan Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
An ice field being an accumulation area of Shirase Hyôga (glacier), ranging from 1500 m to 2000 m in altitude, in Mizuho Kôgen. Surveyed by JARE, 1960-61, and named Oku-Shirase Daira (inner Shirase flat).
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