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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| Oates Piedmont Glacier (NZL) | 76° 25' 00.0" S | 162° 35' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 114036
Place ID: 10496
An extensive lowland ice sheet occupying the whole of the coastal platform between the Mawson and Fry Glaciers. Surveyed in November 1957 and named by the Northern Survey Party of the NZTAE, 1956-58, after Captain L E G Oates, who reached the South Pole with Captain Scott in 1912. |
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| Oates Piedmont Glacier (RUS) | 76° 25' 00.0" S | 162° 35' 00.0" E | Glacier |
| Name ID: 119721 Place ID: 10496 | |||
| Oates Piedmont Glacier (USA) | 76° 25' 00.0" S | 162° 35' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 129581
Place ID: 10496
An extensive lowland ice sheet E of the Kirkwood Range, occupying the whole of the coastal platform between the Fry and Mawson Glaciers in Victoria Land. Surveyed in 1957 and named by the N.Z. Northern Survey Party of the CTAE (1956-58) after Capt. Lawrence E.G. Oates who, with Captain Scott and three companions, perished on the return from the South Pole in 1912. |
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