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
Withrow Glacier (NZL) 77° 24' 55.5" S 156° 30' 50.7" W Glacier
Name ID: 140103 Place ID: 16170

A glacier on King Edward VII Land, flowing northwest into Bartlett Inlet just east of Cape Colbeck.

Withrow Glacier (USA) 77° 24' 00.0" S 156° 25' 00.0" W Glacier
Name ID: 133808 Place ID: 16170

A glacier on Edward VII Peninsula, flowing NW into Bartlett Inlet just E of Cape Colbeck. Mapped from surveys by the USGS and U.S. Navy air photos (1959-65). Named by US-ACAN for Cdr. W.H. Withrow, USN, of the staff of the Commander, Naval Support Force, Antarctica, who was officer in charge of Detachment One at Christchurch, N.Z., 1965-66.

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