Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Arcondo, glaciar (ARG) | 63° 40' 00.0" S | 58° 40' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 100113
Place ID: 12520
Al NW de isla Carlson, costa E de la península Antártica. El topónimo fue impuesto a proposición del Teniente Primero Giró Taper de la Base de Ejército Esperanza en recuerdo del Mayor de Infantería Pascual Arcondo y fue aprobado por la C.C.G. en 1978. Posteriormente fue publicado en TSAA2. SHN carta H-713. |
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| Russel del Weste, Glaciar (CHL) | 63° 40' 00.0" S | 58° 50' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 106224
Place ID: 12520
Descubierto y denominado por la Expedición Americana del capitán de fragata Finne Ronne, entre los años 1947-1948, en honor de Russel Owen, corresponsal periodístico de la expedición Byrd (1928-1930). Descarga occidental hacia el mar de la depresión entre las montañas de la península Luis Felipe, que la cruza al S del cabo Roquemaurel. |
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| Russell West Glacier (RUS) | 63° 40' 00.0" S | 58° 48' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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| Russell West Glacier (GBR) | 63° 41' 00.0" S | 58° 40' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 110985
Place ID: 12520
flowing W into Bone Bay, Trinity Peninsula, and forming with Russell East Glacier a through glacier to the SE coast of the peninsula, was partially surveyed in 1946 and surveyed over its length in 1948-49 by FIDS from "Hope Bay"; named West Russell Glacier after Capt. V.I. Russell, RE (Russell East Glacier, q.v.) (APC, 1955, p.22; BA, 1961, p.132). Russell Glacier, referring to both this feature and Russell East Glacier (Anderson, 1957, end map). Glaciar Russell Oeste (Argentina. MM, 1958b, p.170; Pierrou, 1970, p.641). Russell West Glacier (APC, 1960, p.7; BA chart 3205, 23.xi.1962; BAS 250 sheet SP 21-22/13, 1-DOS 1974). Glaciar Russell, referring to this feature and Russell East Glacier (Chile. DNH, 1962, p.219). Glaciar Russel [sic] Weste (Chile. 1974, p.251). Glaciar Russel [sic] del Weste, as rejected form (Chile. IHA, 1974, p.251). Glaciar Arcondo, so called by AAE after Mayor P. Arcondo (Arcondo Nunatak, q.v.) (Argentina. MD, 1978, letter A). |
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| Russell West Glacier (USA) | 63° 40' 00.0" S | 58° 50' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 131063
Place ID: 12520
Glacier, 11 mi long and 4 mi wide, which lies immediately N of Detroit Plateau and flows from Mount Canicula westward into Bone Bay on the N side of Trinity Peninsula. This glacier together with Russell East Glacier, which flows eastward into Prince Gustav Channel on the S side of Trinity Peninsula, form a through glacier across the N part of Antarctic Peninsula. It was first surveyed in 1946 by the FIDS. Named by the UK-APC for V.I. Russell, surveyor and leader of the FIDS base at Hope Bay in 1946. |
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