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)
SCAR Gazetteer Information: Each place can have one or more entries in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer, dependant on its origin. By viewing an individual entry, you may see multiple references to the same place. SCAR uses a more general feature type coding, so each place will, in general, have multiple feature types.
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Nobile Glacier (GBR) | 64° 33' 00.0" S | 61° 26' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 110363
Place ID: 10318
flowing NW into Recess Cove, Charlotte Bay, Danco Coast, was photographed from the air by FIDASE and surveyed from the ground by FIDS from "Portal Point", 1956-58; in association with the names of pioneers of aviation grouped in this area, named after Gen. Umberto Nobile (1885-1978), of the Italian Air Force, designer of the rigid airships Norge and Italia, which reached the North Pole, 12 May 1926 and 23 May 1928, respectively, Norge completing the crossing of the Arctic Ocean to Nome, Alaska (APC, 1960, p.6; BA chart 3566, 25.viii.1961; BAS 250 sheet SQ 19-20/4, 1-DOS 1974). |
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| Nobile Glacier (USA) | 64° 32' 00.0" S | 61° 28' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 129442
Place ID: 10318
Glacier flowing into the SE part of Recess Cove, Charlotte Bay, on the W coast of Graham Land. Charted by the BelgAE under Gerlache, 1897-99. Named by the UK-APC in 1960 for Umberto Nobile, Italian designer of the rigid airships Norge and respectively. |
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| Nobile, glaciar (ARG) | 64° 33' 00.0" S | 61° 26' 00.0" W | Glacier |
| Name ID: 101689 Place ID: 10318 | |||
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