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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| Peterson Glacier (AUS) | 66° 24' 16.0" S | 110° 44' 20.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 484
Place ID: 11161
A glacier on the Budd Coast, Wilkes Land, flowing westward into the eastern part of Vincennes Bay about 13 km east of Holl Island. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named by USACAN after L.N. Peterson, a member of USN Operation Windmill (1947-48). |
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| Peterson Glacier (RUS) | 66° 24' 00.0" S | 110° 44' 00.0" E | Glacier |
| Name ID: 119934 Place ID: 11161 | |||
| Peterson Glacier (USA) | 66° 25' 00.0" S | 110° 44' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 130065
Place ID: 11161
Glacier flowing W into Penney Bay opposite Herring Island in the Windmill Islands. Mapped from aerial photographs taken by USN Operation HighJump, 1946-47, and named for Louie N. Peterson, radio operator and recorder with the USN Operation Windmill parties which established astronomical control stations along Wilhelm II, Knox and Budd Coasts during January-February 1948. |
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