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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| Pitkevitch Glacier (NZL) | 71° 23' 00.0" S | 168° 52' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 114117
Place ID: 11324
Steep glacier in the Admiralty Mountains, which flows north-east and terminates at the coast in Anderson Icefalls west of Robertson Bay. Named by the US ACAN for Staff Sergeant Leonard M Pitkevitch, USAF, who perished in C-124 Globemaster crash in this vicinity in 1958. |
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| Pitkevitch Glacier (USA) | 71° 23' 00.0" S | 168° 52' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 130172
Place ID: 11324
Glacier, 20 mi long, flowing N from the Admiralty Mountains along the W side of DuBridge Range. The glacier reaches the sea just E of Atkinson Cliffs, where it forms Anderson Icefalls. A portion of the terminus merges northwestward with Fendley Glacier. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by US-ACAN for Staff Sergeant, Leonard M. Pitkevitch, USAF, who perished in the crash of a C-124 Globemaster aircraft in this vicinity in 1958. |
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