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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| Paré Glacier (GBR) | 64° 08' 00.0" S | 62° 15' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 110500
Place ID: 10894
flowing NE into Bouquet Bay, N Brabant Island, was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57; in association with the names of pioneers of medicine grouped in this area, named after Ambroise Paré (1510-90), French surgeon who improved operative techniques and fracture treatment, and first taught the importance of clean wound dressings (APC, 1960, p.6; BA chart 3560, 7.iv.1961; BAS 250 sheet SQ 19-20/4, 1-DOS 1974). |
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| Paré Glacier (USA) | 64° 08' 00.0" S | 62° 13' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 129849
Place ID: 10894
Glacier 7 mi long and 1 mi wide, flowing E and then NE into the head of Bouquet Bay on the NE side of Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Shown on an Argentine government chart in 1953, but not named. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956-57, and mapped from these photos in 1959. Named by the UK-APC for Ambroise Pare (1510-1590), French surgeon who first taught the importance of clean wound dressings, improved operative techniques and fracture treatment. |
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