SCAR Composite Gazetteer

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
Prior Glacier (RUS)	70° 05' 00.0" S	160° 10' 00.0" E	Glacier
Name ID: 134225 Place ID: 11680
Pryor Glacier (AUS)	70° 05' 00.0" S	160° 10' 00.1" E	Glacier
Name ID: 517 Place ID: 11680 A glacier, partly in the Ross Dependency and about 57 km long, flowing north-eastwards to the sea to the north of Mount Sheilds. Plotted from aerial photographs taken by the US Navy in 1960-62. Named after M.E. Pryor, biologist and station scientific leader at McMurdo Station in 1959; US observer at Mirny, winter party, 1962.
Pryor Glacier (NZL)	70° 05' 00.0" S	160° 10' 00.0" E	Glacier
Name ID: 114165 Place ID: 11680 Glacier some 30 miles long flowing northeast to the sea to the north of Mt Shields. Named by the US ACAN for Madison E Pryor, biologist, station scientific leader at McMurdo, winter party 1959, US observer at Mirnyy, winter party 1962.
Pryor Glacier (USA)	70° 05' 00.0" S	160° 10' 00.0" E	Glacier
Name ID: 130407 Place ID: 11680 A glacier flowing northeastward, to the north of Mount Shields and Yermak Point, into Rennick Bay. The feature is about 30 mi long and forms a physical separation between Wilson Hills and Usarp Mountains. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1960-62. Named by US-ACAN for Madison E. Pryor, scientific leader at McMurdo Station (1959) and U.S. Exchange Scientist at the Soviet Mirnyy Station (1962).

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