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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| Tait Glacier (GBR) | 64° 21' 00.0" S | 58° 00' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 111501
Place ID: 14384
flowing SW into Carlsson Bay, S James Ross Island, was probably sighted by SwAE in October 1903; surveyed by FIDS from "Hope Bay" in September 1952 and named after Murdo Finlayson ("Jock") Tait (b. 1923), FIDS meteorological observer, "Hope Bay", 1952-54 (APC, 1958, p.7; DOS 610 sheet W 64 56, 1961; BAS 250 sheet SQ 21-22/1 (Ext.), 1-DOS 1974). |
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| Tait Glacier (USA) | 64° 22' 00.0" S | 58° 02' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 132450
Place ID: 14384
Glacier about 4 mi long on the SW coast of James Ross Island, flowing SW into Carlsson Bay. Probably first seen by Dr. Otto Nordenskjold in 1903. Surveyed by FIDS in 1945. Named by UK-APC for Murdo F. Tait, FIDS meteorological observer at Hope Bay in 1952 and 1953. |
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| Tait, glaciar (ARG) | 64° 21' 00.0" S | 58° 00' 00.0" W | Glacier |
| Name ID: 102270 Place ID: 14384 | |||
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