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)
Grand Chasms (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Grand Chasms (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Crevasse (13)
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
Two or more deep crevasses in the Filchner Ice Shelf, extending W for an unknown distance from 37W, close W of Touchdown Hills. The feature is the most notable crevassed area on the Filchner Ice Shelf, roughly 60 mi long and from 0.25 to 3 mi wide. Discovered by the CTAE, 1955-58. During 1957 it was examined by a U.S. party from Ellsworth Station led by Dr. Edward Thiel, who applied the descriptive name.
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