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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| Matthews Glacier (RUS) | 75° 45' 00.0" S | 65° 30' 00.0" W | Glacier |
| Name ID: 119279 Place ID: 9153 | |||
| Matthews Glacier (GBR) | 75° 38' 00.0" S | 66° 07' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 110046
Place ID: 9153
flowing SE into Ronne Ice Shelf, S of Dodson Peninsula, Orville Coast, was photographed from the air by USN, 1965-67, and mapped from air photographs by USGS; named after J.D. Matthews, USARP engineman, "South Pole Station", winter 1963 (USGS sketch map Ellsworth Land-Palmer Land, 1969; APC, 1975, p.4; BAS 500P sheet SS 17-20/SE, 1-DOS 1981). |
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| Matthews Glacier (USA) | 75° 45' 00.0" S | 65° 30' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 128554
Place ID: 9153
A glacier on the E side of the Wilkins Mountains, draining S to enter the Ronne Ice Shelf just W of Dodson Peninsula. Mapped by the USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1961-67. Named by US-ACAN for J.D. Matthews, engineman at South Pole Station in 1963. |
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