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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| Muus Glacier (GBR) | 71° 24' 00.0" S | 61° 40' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 110287
Place ID: 10025
flowing SE into Odom Inlet, W of Cape Howard, Black Coast, was photographed from the air by USN in 1966 and surveyed from the ground by BAS from "Stonington Island", 1972-73; named after David Muus, USARP oceanographer in USCGC Northwind in the Ross Sea, 1971-72, and participant in the Weddell Sea oceanographic investigations in USCGC Glacier, 1974-75 (BAS 250 sheet SR 19-20/16, 1-DOS 1976; APC, 1977, p.23). |
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| Muus Glacier (USA) | 71° 26' 00.0" S | 61° 36' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 129244
Place ID: 10025
A glacier entering the N side of Odom Inlet between Snyder Peninsula and Stromme Ridge, on the E coast of Palmer Land. Mapped by the USGS in 1974. Named by US-ACAN for David Muus, USARP oceanographer aboard USCGC Northwind in the Ross Sea area, 1971-72, and a participant in the Weddell Sea Oceanographic Investigations aboard USCGC Glacier, 1974-75. |
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