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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| Pettus Glacier (GBR) | 63° 51' 00.0" S | 59° 06' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 110600
Place ID: 11193
flowing N into Gavin Ice Piedmont, E of Poynter Hill, Trinity Peninsula, was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57; following survey by FIDS from "Hope Bay", 1960, was named after Robert Nelson Pettus (b.1921), pilot of Canso aircraft with FIDASE, 1956-57 (APC, 1964, p.4; BAS 250 sheet SP 21-22/13, 1-DOS 1974). |
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| Pettus Glacier (USA) | 63° 48' 00.0" S | 59° 04' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 130085
Place ID: 11193
A narrow deeply entrenched glacier 9 mi long, which flows N from Ebony Wall into Gavin Ice Piedmont between Poynter Hill and Tinsel Dome, Trinity Peninsula. Named by UK-APC for Robert N. Pettus, aircraft pilot with FIDASE, 1956-57. |
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