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)
West Antarctic Ice Sheet (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
West Antarctic Ice Sheet (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Ice sheet (12)
This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
A large ice sheet that overlies West Antarctica (q.v.), excluding the area of Antarctic Peninsula.
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