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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| Rippon Glacier (AUS) | 66° 38' 43.1" S | 56° 32' 40.6" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 510
Place ID: 12171
A small glacier, just east of the Seaton Glacier, flowing southwards into King Edward Ice Shelf, Enderby Land. Photographed from ANARE Aircraft in 1956. |
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| Rippon Glacier (USA) | 66° 40' 00.0" S | 56° 29' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 130797
Place ID: 12171
Small glacier, close E of Seaton Glacier, flowing southward into Edward VIII Ice Shelf. Mapped from aerial photos taken by ANARE in 1956, and named for Sgt. R. Rippon, RAAF, airframe fitter at Mawson in 1959. |
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