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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| Ares Cliff (GBR) | 71° 49' 00.0" S | 68° 14' 00.0" W | Cliff |
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Name ID: 107557
Place ID: 486
E of Mars Glacier Alexander Island, rising c. 500m above George VI Sound, following surveys by BAS, 1961-73, was named in association with the glacier after Ares, the Greek as opposed to the Roman god of war (APC, 1975, p.3; BAS 250P sheet SR 19-20/14, 2-DOS 1984). |
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| Ares Cliff (USA) | 71° 49' 00.0" S | 68° 15' 00.0" W | Cliff |
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Name ID: 121898
Place ID: 486
A cliff formed of pale-colored sandstone which rises to about 500 m, located E of Mars Glacier and 1 mi N of Two Step Cliffs on the E side of Alexander Island. The feature was mapped from trimetrogon air photography taken by RARE, 1947-48, and from survey by FIDS, 1948-50. Named by UK-APC in association with Mars Glacier after the Greek god of war, Ares. |
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| McCleary Glacier (AUS) | 79° 33' 00.0" S | 156° 49' 59.9" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 486
Place ID: 9240
A glacier about 20 km long, flowing southwards into the Darwin Glacier. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. |
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