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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| Yeats Glacier (NZL) | 85° 01' 00.0" S | 175° 00' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 114772
Place ID: 16360
A prominent glacier which drains the general area between Mt Wade and Mt Finley, flowing west to enter Shackleton Glacier to the north of McGregor Glacier. Named by Dr F Alton Wade, leader of the Shackleton Glacier Party, USARP, 1962-63, for V I Yeats, a member of his party. |
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| Yeats Glacier (USA) | 85° 01' 00.0" S | 175° 00' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 133920
Place ID: 16360
A tributary glacier about 8 mi long, flowing W from the N side of Mount Finley to enter Shackleton Glacier just N of Lockhart Ridge, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Named by F. Alton Wade, leader of the Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Expeditions (1962-63 and 1964-65), for Vestal L. Yeats, a member of the Texas Technological College faculty and of both expeditions. |
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