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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| Harbour Glacier (GBR) | 64° 49' 00.0" S | 63° 26' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 109201
Place ID: 5999
through glacier flowing NE into Neumayer Channel near Lockley Point, and SW into Port Lockroy, Wiencke Island, was probably sighted by BeAE in February 1898; following survey by FIDS from "Port Lockroy" in 1944, so named from its proximity to the harbour of the FIDS station (BA chart 3213, 6.x.1950; APC, 1955, p.11). Ventisquero Channel (Argentina. MM chart 106, 1949). Ventisquero Canal (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.270). |
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| Harbour Glacier (USA) | 64° 49' 00.0" S | 63° 26' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 126195
Place ID: 5999
A through glacier 3 mi long and 1.5 mi wide, lying on the NW side of Wiencke Island and extending in a NE direction from Port Lockroy to the cove 1 mi E of Noble Peak, in the Palmer Archipelago. Probably first seen by the BeigAE, 1897-99, under Gerlache. Charted in 1944 by the FIDS, who so named it because of its proximity to the harbor of Port Lockroy. |
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