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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| Pearson Spur (GBR) | 69° 43' 00.0" S | 70° 25' 00.0" W | Spur |
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Name ID: 110540
Place ID: 11008
extending SE from Elgar Uplands towards the head of Sibelius Glacier, N Alexander Island, was photographed from the air by RARE in 1947 and roughly mapped from air photographs by FIDS in 1959 (DOS 610 sheet W 69 70, 1960); following surveys by BAS, 1973-77, named after Martin Robert Pearson (b. 1948), BAS glaciologist, 1970-73, who worked in Alexander Island, 1971-72 (APC, 1980, p.5). |
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| Pearson Spur (USA) | 69° 43' 00.0" S | 70° 25' 00.0" W | Spur |
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Name ID: 129949
Place ID: 11008
Spur extending SE from Elgar Uplands toward the head of Sibelius Glacier, N Alexander Island. Photographed from the air by RARE in 1947, roughly mapped from air photographs by FIDS in 1959, and surveyed by BAS, 1973-77. Named by UK-APC in 1980 after Martin Robert Pearson, BAS glaciologist, 1970-73, who worked on Alexander Island, 1971-72. |
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