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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| Entrikin Glacier (AUS) | 80° 49' 00.1" S | 160° 00' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 523
Place ID: 4288
A glacier flowing eastward into Matterson Inlet, where it is about 9 km wide. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. Named by USACAN after Lt. Cdr. J W Entrikin, USN, pilot with Squadron VS-6 during USN Operation Deepfreeze, 1955-56. |
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| Entrikin Glacier (NZL) | 80° 47' 20.5" S | 159° 23' 07.9" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 140325
Place ID: 4288
A glacier flowing from the Churchill Mountains eastward into Matterson Inlet, where it is about 6-8km wide as it enters Matterson Inlet at Ross Ice Shelf, north of Mount Deleon. |
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| Entrikin Glacier (USA) | 80° 49' 00.0" S | 160° 00' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 124850
Place ID: 4288
A broad sweeping glacier flowing eastward from the Churchill Mountains into Matterson Inlet. Named by US-ACAN for Lt. Cdr. Joseph W. Entrikin, USN, pilot with Squadron VX-6 during USN OpDFrz I, 1955-56. |
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