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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| Bell Glacier (AUS) | 66° 41' 00.0" S | 124° 58' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 565
Place ID: 1128
A glacier flowing into the Voyeykov Ice Shelf on the Banzare Coat of Wilkes Land. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47) and called Bell Glacier by USACAN after Thomas G Bell, boatswain on the sloop Peacock of the United States Exploring Expedition (1938-42) under Wilkes. |
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| Bell Glacier (RUS) | 66° 35' 00.0" S | 125° 00' 00.0" E | Glacier |
| Name ID: 117034 Place ID: 1128 | |||
| Bell Glacier (USA) | 66° 42' 00.0" S | 124° 54' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 122377
Place ID: 1128
A glacier draining northward into Maury Bay immediately eastward of Blair Glacier. Mapped by G.D. Blodgett (1955) from aerial photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named by US-ACAN for Thomas G. Bell, boatswain on the sloop Peacock during the USEE (1838-42) under Lt. Charles Wilkes. |
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