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.

Showing all 2 place names.

Name Latitude Longitude Feature Type
Pine Island Glacier (RUS) 75° 00' 00.0" S 101° 00' 00.0" W Glacier
Name ID: 119963 Place ID: 11280

Pine Island Glacier (USA) 75° 10' 00.0" S 100° 00' 00.0" W Glacier
Name ID: 130147 Place ID: 11280

A broad glacier flowing WNW along the S side of the Hudson Mountains into Pine Island Bay, Amundsen Sea. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1960-66. Named by US-ACAN in association with Pine Island Bay.

Showing all 2 place names.

The SCAR Composite Gazetteer is hosted by the Australian Antarctic Data Centre. The information in the footer below pertains to the AADC web site.