Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Xanthus Spur (GBR) | 64° 34' 00.0" S | 63° 30' 00.0" W | Spur |
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Name ID: 112017
Place ID: 16281
rising to c.1250 m and running NW from Mount Hector, Trojan Range, towards Iliad Glacier, Anvers Island, was surveyed by FIDS from "Arthur Harbour" in August-September 1955; in association with other names from Homer's Iliad in this range, named after Xanthus, son of Zeus and the god of one of the two main rivers of the Trojan plain (APC, 1958, p.7; BA chart 3566, 16.x.1959). |
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| Xanthus Spur (USA) | 64° 33' 00.0" S | 63° 30' 00.0" W | Spur |
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Name ID: 133905
Place ID: 16281
Mainly ice-covered spur extending northwestward from Mount Priam for 3 mi in the Trojan Range of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Surveyed by the FIDS in 1955 and named by the UK-APC for Xanthus, son of Zeus and the god of one of the two chief rivers of the Trojan plain. |
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