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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Sessums Glacier (USA) | 72° 00' 00.0" S | 100° 33' 00.0" W | Glacier |
Name ID: 136332
Place ID: 17555
A glacier flowing into the head of Henry Inlet on the N side of Thurston Island. Named by US-ACAN after Lt. Cdr. Walter Sessums, helicopter pilot in the Eastern Group of USN Operation Highjump, which obtained aerial photographs of Thurston Island and adjacent coastal areas, 1946-47. |
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