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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| Baldwin Glacier (NZL) | 85° 06' 00.0" S | 177° 10' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 112714
Place ID: 816
A short wide glacier between Mt Heekin and Bennett Platform, flowing north-east from a large icefall at the escarpment east of Mt Rosenwald to the west side of Shackleton Glacier. Discovered and photographed by USN Operation Highjump, 1946-47, on the flights of 16 February 1947 and named by the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Named for Sgt George E Baldwin, USMC, photographer on Flight 8A. |
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| Baldwin Glacier (USA) | 85° 06' 00.0" S | 177° 10' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 122137
Place ID: 816
A broad glacier, flowing generally eastward from a large icefalls at the escarpment west of Mount Rosenwald and entering Shackleton Glacier south of Mount Heekin. Discovered and photographed by USN Operation HighJump (1946-47) on the flights of Feb. 16, 1947, and named by US-ACAN for Sgt. George E. Baldwin, USMC, photographer on Flight 8A. |
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| Kring Islands (AUS) | 67° 09' 32.4" S | 58° 34' 05.5" E | Island |
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Name ID: 816
Place ID: 7837
Two islands and a number of rocks in the western part of Long Sound between Broka Island and Law Promontory. ANARE air photography has shown the feature to be more than one island. |
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