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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| Peckham Glacier (AUS) | 80° 21' 00.0" S | 157° 25' 00.1" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 483
Place ID: 11014
A steep tributary glacier just west of DeVries Glacier, flowing southwards from the slopes of Mount McClintock to Byrd Glacier. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. |
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| Peckham Glacier (NZL) | 80° 21' 00.0" S | 157° 25' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 139442
Place ID: 11014
A steep tributary glacier flowing southwards from the slopes of Mount McClintock for approximately 17km to Byrd Glacier, also merging with DeVries Glacier. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MP05 |
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| Peckham Glacier (USA) | 80° 21' 00.0" S | 157° 25' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 129955
Place ID: 11014
A steep tributary glacier in the Britannia Range, flowing S from Mount McClintock into Byrd Glacier. Named by US-ACAN for Verne E. Peckham, biologist, McMurdo Station winter party 1962, who with use of SCUBA gear made numerous dives under the sea ice of McMurdo Sound at Winter Quarters Bay and off Cape Evans. |
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