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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| Petrie Ice Rises (GBR) | 70° 33' 00.0" S | 72° 12' 00.0" W | |
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Name ID: 110598
Place ID: 11188
N-S line of ten ice rises in Wilkins Ice Shelf, W Alexander Island, were seen from the air on a BAS radio echo-sounding flight, 11 February 1967, and later accurately positioned from US LANDSAT imagery; named after David Lyall Petrie (b.1940), BAS and SPRI electronic technician, c.1966-70, who was on the flight (APC, 1982, p.3). |
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| Petrie Ice Rises (USA) | 70° 33' 00.0" S | 72° 12' 00.0" W | |
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Name ID: 130082
Place ID: 11188
A N-S line of about ten ice rises in Wilkins Ice Shelf, to the W of Alexander Island. Seen from the air on a BAS radio echo sounding flight around Alexander Island, Feb. 11, 1967, and later accurately positioned from U.S. Landsat imagery. Named by UK-APC in 1980 after David L. Petrie, BAS and SPRI electronic technician, c. 1966-70, who was on the flight. |
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