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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| Sørsdal Glacier (AUS) | 68° 42' 00.0" S | 78° 10' 00.1" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 435
Place ID: 13698
A glacier about 15 km wide, flowing WNW and terminating in a prominent glacier tongue south of Crooked Fjord and the Vestfold Hills. Discovered and charted in February, 1935, by a Norwegian expedition under Captain Klarius Mikkelsen. |
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| Sørsdal Glacier (USA) | 68° 41' 00.0" S | 78° 15' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 131907
Place ID: 13698
A heavily crevassed glacier, 15 mi long, flowing westward along the south side of Krok Fjord and the Vestfold Hills and terminating in a prominent glacier tongue at Prydz Bay. Discovered in Feb. 1935 by a Norwegian expedition in the for Lief Sorsdal, a Norwegian dentist and a member of the party from Thorshavn that landed at the northern end of the Vestfold Hills. |
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| Sørsdalbreen (RUS) | 68° 42' 00.0" S | 78° 14' 00.0" E | Glacier |
| Name ID: 120876 Place ID: 13698 | |||
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