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
Norsk Polarinstitutt Glacier (USA) 72° 34' 00.0" S 31° 16' 00.0" E Glacier
Name ID: 129484 Place ID: 10377

Glacier flowing SW between Mount Perov and Mount Limburg Stirum in the Belgica Mountains. Discovered by the BelgAE, 1957-58, under G. de Gerlache, who named it after the Norsk Polarinstitutt of Oslo.

Norsk Polarinstitutt, Glacier (BEL) 72° 35' 00.0" S 31° 15' 00.0" E Glacier
Name ID: 104962 Place ID: 10377

Partie de la Chaîne des Monts Belgica. Ce glacier a été baptisée en l'honneur du Norsk Polarinstitutt d'Oslo.

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