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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| Foundation Ice Stream (RUS) | 83° 15' 00.0" S | 60° 00' 00.0" W | Watercourse |
| Name ID: 118055 Place ID: 4865 | |||
| Foundation Ice Stream (GBR) | 83° 15' 00.0" S | 60° 00' 00.0" W | Watercourse |
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Name ID: 108891
Place ID: 4865
W of Patuxent Range and Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains, flowing N into Ronne Ice Shelf, was seen from the air by Grupo Aeronaval UT 78 on the first Argentine flight to the South Pole in January 1962 and called Glaciar Bahía Buen Suceso, after the AAE transport ship Bahía Buen Suceso (Argentina. MM, NM 21/1.xi.1964); photographed from the air by USN in 1964 and named Foundation Ice Stream after the US National Science Foundation, a prime supporter of USARP (USGS sheet SU 16-20/16, 1968; APC, 1974, p.4). |
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| Foundation Ice Stream (USA) | 83° 15' 00.0" S | 60° 00' 00.0" W | Watercourse |
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Name ID: 125319
Place ID: 4865
A major ice stream in the Pensacola Mountains, draining northward for 150 miles along the west side of the Patuxent and Neptune Ranges to enter Ronne Ice Shelf westward of Dufek Massif. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN for the National Science Foundation, which has played a leading role in support of the U.S. Antarctic Research Program during this period. |
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