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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| Palais Glacier (NZL) | 78° 01' 30.5" S | 161° 18' 07.9" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 139722
Place ID: 10832
A broad glacier, approximately 15km long, flowing northwards between Wilkniss Mountains and Colwell Massif to enter Ferrar Glacier, in Victoria Land. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MG08 |
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| Palais Glacier (USA) | 78° 02' 00.0" S | 161° 19' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 129799
Place ID: 10832
A broad glacier, about 8 mi long, flowing N between Wilkniss Mountains and Colwell Massif to enter Ferrar Glacier, in Victoria Land. Named by US-ACAN in 1994 after Julie Michelle Palais, glaciologist, who conducted field research in Antarctica during five seasons at Dome Charlie and Mount Erebus, 1978-89; from 1991, Program Director for Polar Glaciology, Office of Polar Programs, NSF; from 1994, member of the U.S. Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names. |
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