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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| Ommanney Glacier (NZL) | 71° 32' 00.0" S | 169° 29' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 114049
Place ID: 10630
A glacier descending to the middle of Relay Bay in the Robertson Bay area of northern Victoria Land. First charted in 1899 by the BAE, 1898-1900, which named this feature for Admiral Sir Erasmus Ommanney, who had served in the Artic Expedition of 1850. |
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| Ommanney Glacier (USA) | 71° 32' 00.0" S | 169° 29' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 129663
Place ID: 10630
Valley glacier, 20 mi long, meandering northward in the Admiralty Mountains to discharge into Relay Bay, on the W side of Robertson Bay, along the N coast of Victoria Land. Charted by the BrAE, 1898-1900, under C.E. Borchgrevink, who named it for Admiral Sir Erasmus Ommanney, who had served in the Arctic Expedition of 1850. |
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