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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| New Glacier (NZL) | 77° 02' 00.0" S | 162° 24' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 113993
Place ID: 10201
A small glacier flowing east-north-east from the ice-covered plateau at the south side of Mackay Glacier, terminating at the south-west side of Granite Harbour, immediately north of Mt England in Victoria Land. Charted and named by Taylor, of the BAE, 1910-13, because this new harbour was found while the Discovery was seeking the fartherest possible southern anchorage along the coast of Victoria Land. |
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| New Glacier (USA) | 77° 02' 00.0" S | 162° 24' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 129360
Place ID: 10201
A small glacier flowing ENE from the low ice-covered plateau at the S side of Mackay Glacier, terminating at the SW extremity of Granite Harbor, immediately N of Mount England, in Victoria Land. Charted and named by G. Taylor, of the BrAE, 1910-13, because he walked around a bluff and saw a glacier where none was expected, in the corner of Granite Harbor. |
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