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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| Blades Glacier (NZL) | 77° 39' 20.1" S | 153° 13' 53.1" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 140066
Place ID: 1421
A glacier flowing east from the snow-covered saddle just north of La Gorce Peak, Alexandra Mountains. It merges with Dalton Glacier on the north side of King Edward VII Land. |
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| Blades Glacier (USA) | 77° 38' 00.0" S | 153° 00' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 122599
Place ID: 1421
A glacier flowing E from the snow-covered saddle just N of La Gorce Peak, Alexandra Mountains. It merges with Dalton Glacier on the N side of Edward VII Peninsula. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by US-ACAN for William Robert Blades who served as navigator during USN Operation Highjump (1946-47) and Operation Deep Freeze (1955-59). |
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| Mount Weatherson (AUS) | 68° 01' 59.9" S | 55° 25' 59.9" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 1421
Place ID: 15801
A prominent mountain in the Dismal Mountains, Kemp Land, about 8 km south-west of Cyclops Peak. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1959. |
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