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
Prebble Icefalls (AUS) 79° 54' 00.0" S 155° 49' 59.9" E Icefall
Name ID: 742 Place ID: 11561

Icefalls on the southern side of Midnight Plateau in the Darwin Mountains. They occupy two large cirques and fall about 900 m. Discovered by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (1962-63). Named after W.M. Prebble, geologist with the expedition.

Prebble Icefalls (NZL) 79° 52' 01.5" S 155° 51' 26.6" E Icefall
Name ID: 140393 Place ID: 11561

Icefalls on the southern side of Midnight Plateau in the Darwin Mountains. They occupy two large cirques and fall about 500m. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MN04

Prebble Icefalls (USA) 79° 54' 00.0" S 155° 55' 00.0" E
Name ID: 130332 Place ID: 11561

Icefalls on the southwestern side of Midnight Plateau in the Darwin Mountains. They occupy two large cirques southwestward of Mount Ellis and fall about 900 meters. Discovered by the VUWAE (1962-63) and named for W.M. Prebble, geologist with the expedition.

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