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
Ochs Glacier (USA) 76° 30' 00.0" S 145° 35' 00.0" W Glacier
Name ID: 129601 Place ID: 10536

Glacier flowing to the head of Block Bay between Mount Iphigene and Mount Avers, in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land. Discovered by the ByrdAE in 1929, and named for Adolph S. Ochs, publisher of the New York Times, a patron of the expedition.

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