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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| Arthur Glacier (USA) | 77° 03' 00.0" S | 145° 15' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 121946
Place ID: 549
Valley glacier about 25 mi long, flowing W to Sulzberger Ice Shelf between the Swanson Mountains on the N and Mounts Rea and Cooper on the S, in the Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land. Discovered by members of West Base of the USAS, in aerial flights and from ground surveys in November-December 1940. Named by US-SCAN for R. Admiral Arthur C. Davis, USN, a leader in aviation in the U.S. Navy. |
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| Totten Glacier (AUS) | 66° 50' 00.0" S | 116° 20' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 549
Place ID: 14847
A glacier marked by a prominent glacier tongue on the western part of the Sabrina Coast of Wilkes Land. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named by the USACAN after George M Totten of the sloop Vincennes of the US Exploring Expedition (1939-42), under Wilkes. |
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