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
Cox Glacier (RUS) 72° 18' 00.0" S 101° 01' 00.0" W Glacier
Name ID: 117555 Place ID: 3058

Cox Glacier (USA) 72° 12' 00.0" S 101° 02' 00.0" W Glacier
Name ID: 123882 Place ID: 3058

Small glacier immediately E of Rochray Glacier on Thurston Island, flowing S to Abbot Ice Shelf in Peacock Sound. Delineated from air photos taken by USN Squadron VX-6 in January 1960. Named by US-ACAN for Lt. (j.g.) Jerry G. Cox, USN, helicopter pilot aboard the USS Burton Island, who made exploratory flights to Thurston Island in February 1960.

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