Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Nimrod Glacier (NZL) | 82° 21' 00.0" S | 163° 00' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 114009
Place ID: 10284
A major glacier about 10 miles wide in its lower reaches and of undetermined length, which descends from the interior highlands to the head of Shackleton Inlet at the west side of Ross Ice Shelf. Photographed from the air by the US Navy "Operation High-jump", 1946-47. The name, Nimrod Glacier, given by the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, is an association with Shackleton Inlet, and is named for the expedition ship Nimrod of the BAE, 1907-09, under Shackleton. |
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| Nimrod Glacier (RUS) | 82° 25' 00.0" S | 163° 00' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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| Nimrod Glacier (USA) | 82° 21' 00.0" S | 163° 00' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 129425
Place ID: 10284
A major glacier, about 85 mi long, flowing from the polar plateau in a northerly direction between the Geologists and Miller Ranges, then northeasterly between the Churchill Mountains and Queen Elizabeth Range, and finally spilling into Shackleton Inlet and the Ross Ice Shelf between Capes Wilson and Lyttelton. It was photographed from the air by USN Operation HighJump, 1946-47. The name, given by US-ACAN, is in association with Shackleton Inlet and is for the Nimrod, the ship of the BrAE (1907-09) under Shackleton. |
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