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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Pope Glacier (RUS) | 75° 15' 00.0" S | 111° 30' 00.0" W | Glacier |
Name ID: 120029 Place ID: 11470 | |||
Pope Glacier (USA) | 75° 19' 00.0" S | 111° 22' 00.0" W | Glacier |
Name ID: 130260
Place ID: 11470
A glacier about 20 mi long, flowing N along the W side of Mount Murphy to Crosson Ice Shelf on Walgreen Coast, in Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-66. Named by US-ACAN after Maj. Donald R. Pope, (CE) USA, civil engineer on the staff of the Commander, Naval Support Force, Antarctica, 1965-67. |
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