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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| Myers Glacier (RUS) | 72° 24' 00.0" S | 100° 00' 00.0" W | Glacier |
| Name ID: 119568 Place ID: 10027 | |||
| Myers Glacier (USA) | 72° 16' 00.0" S | 100° 07' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 129246
Place ID: 10027
Valley glacier about 7 mi long, flowing SW from Mount Noxon on Thurston Island to Abbot Ice Shelf in Peacock Sound. Delineated from aerial photographs taken by USN Squadron VX-6 in January 1960. Named by US-ACAN for Lt. (j.g.) Dale P. Myers, USN, helicopter pilot aboard USS Burton Island who made exploratory flights to Thurston Island in February 1960. |
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