Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Gawn Ice Piedmont (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Gawn Ice Piedmont (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Piedmont (2a)
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:
A piedmont ice and snow slope bordering on the Ross Ice Shelf between the Darwin and Byrd Glaciers. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MN07
Named by the Darwin Party of the NZ Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE), 1956-58, for J E (Ted) Gawn, radio operator at Scott Base who worked closely with all the field parties and whose efforts made their work much safer and easier.
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