Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Publication Ice Shelf (RUS) | 69° 30' 00.0" S | 75° 10' 00.0" E | Ice shelf |
| Name ID: 120119 Place ID: 11690 | |||
| Publications Ice Shelf (AUS) | 69° 40' 09.1" S | 75° 13' 33.6" E | Ice shelf |
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Name ID: 732
Place ID: 11690
An ice shelf with an area of about 1600 square km off the Ingrid Christensen Coast. The feature was charted and photographed in February, 1969, by members of the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey party during a survey between the Amery Ice Shelf and the Vestfold Hills. The name Publications was first applied to a group of glacier tongues by Dr. J.H. Roscoe, photogrammetrist with USN Op Highjump (1946-47) and USN Op Windmill (1947-48), who named the glaciers after polar publications. |
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| Publications Ice Shelf (USA) | 69° 38' 00.0" S | 75° 20' 00.0" E | Ice shelf |
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Name ID: 130413
Place ID: 11690
An ice shelf about 35 mi long on the S shore of Prydz Bay, between Mount Caroline Mikkelsen and Stornes Peninsula. Several glaciers, listed from SW to NE, nourish the ice shelf: Polar Times, Il Polo, Polarforschung, Polar Record and Polararboken Glaciers. The feature was first mapped from air photos by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. The name "Publication Glacier Tongues" was applied by John H. Roscoe in 1952 following his study of USN Operation HighJump (1946-47) air photos of the area, but the term ice shelf is more descriptive. So named by Roscoe because the several glaciers in the area commemorate polar publications. |
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