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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| Decker Glacier (NZL) | 77° 27' 45.8" S | 162° 47' 43.2" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 139566
Place ID: 3460
A steep, narrow glacier that drains the north slopes of Mount Newall in the Asgard Range, and flows northeast to Lower Wright Glacier, Victoria Land. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-ME09 |
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| Decker Glacier (USA) | 77° 28' 00.0" S | 162° 47' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 124211
Place ID: 3460
A steep, narrow glacier that drains the NE slopes of Mount Newall in the Asgard Range, Victoria Land. Named by US-ACAN for Chief Aviation Machinist's Mate William D. Decker, USN, of Squadron VXE-6, who died at McMurdo Station on Oct. 11, 1971. |
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