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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| Northcliffe Glacier (AUS) | 66° 45' 21.0" S | 98° 51' 20.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 480
Place ID: 10396
A glacier descending from the ice-plateau of Queen Mary Land just south of Davis Peninsula. Discovered by the Western Base Party of AAE (1911-14). Named by Sir Douglas Mawson after Lord Northcliffe of London, a patron of the expedition. |
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| Northcliffe Glacier (RUS) | 66° 40' 00.0" S | 98° 45' 00.0" E | Glacier |
| Name ID: 119687 Place ID: 10396 | |||
| Northcliffe Glacier (USA) | 66° 40' 00.0" S | 98° 52' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 129492
Place ID: 10396
Glacier descending to the coast immediately E of Davis Peninsula. Discovered by the AAE, 1911-14, under Mawson, and named for Lord Northcliffe, of London, a patron of the expedition. |
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