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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| Priestley Glacier (NZL) | 74° 20' 00.0" S | 163° 22' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 114150
Place ID: 11594
A large valley glacier, about 2 1/2 miles wide, flowing from the interior highland south-east of Mt Baxter in a south-easterly direction to the northern end of the Nansen Sheet, on the east coast of Victoria Land. First explored by the Northern Party, led by Campbell, of the BAE, 1910-13, and named for Raymond (later Sir Raymond) E Priestley, geologist with the Northern Party. |
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| Priestley Glacier (RUS) | 74° 20' 00.0" S | 163° 45' 00.0" E | Glacier |
| Name ID: 120078 Place ID: 11594 | |||
| Priestley Glacier (USA) | 74° 20' 00.0" S | 163° 22' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 130355
Place ID: 11594
A major valley glacier, about 60 mi long, originating at the edge of the polar plateau of Victoria Land and draining SE between Deep Freeze Range and Eisenhower Range to enter the N end of the Nansen Ice Sheet. First explored by the Northern Party of the BrAE, 1910-13, and named for Raymond E. Priestley, geologist with the Northern Party. |
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