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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| Behr Glacier (USA) | 72° 55' 00.0" S | 168° 05' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 122358
Place ID: 1099
Steep tributary glacier, 7 mi long, flowing E along the N side of Clapp Ridge to join Borchgrevink Glacier, in Victoria Land. The glacier first appears on a 1960 New Zealand map compiled from U.S. Navy aerial photographs. Named by US-ACAN for Col. Robert Behr, USAF, who was of assistance in the review of U.S. policy toward Antarctica in 1970-71 period. |
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| Numbat Island (AUS) | 67° 34' 00.1" S | 47° 58' 00.1" E | Island |
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Name ID: 1099
Place ID: 10443
A small island, about 2 km ESE of Pinn Island, in the western part of Casey Bay, Enderby Land. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1956. Named after the Australian native animal, the Numbat or banded anteater. |
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