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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| Commandant Charcot Glacier (USA) | 66° 25' 00.0" S | 136° 35' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 123727
Place ID: 2873
Prominent glacier about 3 mi wide and 12 mi long, flowing NNW from the continental ice to its terminus at the head of Victor Bay. Delineated from aerial photographs taken by USN Operation HighJump, 1946-47. The FrAE under Marret sledged W along the coast to Victor Bay, close E of this glacier, in December 1952. Named by the FrAE for the polar ship Commandant Charcot which transported French expeditions to this area, 1948-1952. |
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| Commandant Charcot, Glacier du (RUS) | 66° 30' 00.0" S | 136° 30' 00.0" E | |
| Name ID: 117516 Place ID: 2873 | |||
| Commandant-Charcot, Glacier du (FRA) | 66° 23' 00.0" S | 136° 35' 00.0" E | |
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Name ID: 107258
Place ID: 2873
Glacier, auparavant appelé Langue glaciaire du Commandant-Charcot, vers l'extrémité ouest de la terre Adélie entre la pointe du Pourquoi-Pas ? et le rocher X ; d'après le nom du navire polaire français Commandant-Charcot qui transporta les deux premières expéditions antarctiques françaises en terre Adélie. |
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