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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| Pelter Glacier (RUS) | 72° 03' 00.0" S | 98° 00' 00.0" W | Glacier |
| Name ID: 119894 Place ID: 11039 | |||
| Pelter Glacier (USA) | 71° 57' 00.0" S | 98° 22' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 129975
Place ID: 11039
A glacier about 5 mi long on Thurston Island, flowing from the E side of Noville Peninsula into the W side of Murphy Inlet. Delineated from air photos taken by USN Squadron VX-6 in January 1960. Named by US-ACAN for J.A. Pelter, aerial photographer with the ByrdAE in 1933-35. |
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