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)
Beardmore Glacier (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Beardmore Glacier (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Glacier (12)
This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
The glacier up which Shackleton's and Scott's expeditions made their way from the Ross Ice Shelf to the South Polar Plateau. It has a length of 100 miles, and its breadth varies from 8 miles near the bottom to 25 miles near the top, with an average width of 12 miles. Discovered by the BAE, 1907-09, in December 1908, it was named by Shackleton for his generous patron, Sir William Beardmore, later Lord Invernairn.
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