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
Priestley Névé (AUS) 73° 34' 59.9" S 160° 19' 59.9" E Neve
Name ID: 1681 Place ID: 11596

The névé at the head of the Priestley Glacier in Victoria Land. Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place Names Committee in about 1966 in association with the Priestley Glacier. Priestley Glacier was named after Raymond E. Priestley, geologist with the Northern Party of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13. The feature lies partly within the Ross Dependency.

Priestley Névé (NZL) 73° 35' 00.0" S 160° 20' 00.0" E Neve
Name ID: 140043 Place ID: 11596

The massive névé at the head of Priestley Glacier in Victoria Land. Feature depicted on: NZMS 166 SS55-57/8 (Jan 1966)

Priestley Névé (USA) 73° 35' 00.0" S 160° 20' 00.0" E Neve
Name ID: 130356 Place ID: 11596

The neve at the head of Priestley Glacier in Victoria Land. Named by the NZ-APC in about 1966 in association with Priestley Glacier.

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