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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| Quar Ice Shelf (USA) | 71° 20' 00.0" S | 11° 00' 00.0" W | Ice shelf |
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Name ID: 130465
Place ID: 11761
The ice shelf between Cape Norvegia and Sorasen Ridge along the coast of Queen Maud Land. Mapped by NBSAE, 1949-52, whose Maudheim Station was located on this ice shelf. Named for Leslie Quar, British radio mechanic and electrician with NBSAE, who drowned when the weasel (track-driven vehicle) in which he was riding drove over the edge of this ice shelf, Feb. 24, 1951. |
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| Quarisen (NOR) | 71° 15' 00.0" S | 11° 00' 00.0" W | Ice shelf |
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Name ID: 115798
Place ID: 11761
The ice shelf on the W side of Søråsen, Kronprinsesse Märtha Kyst. After Leslie Quar, radio mechanic and reserve operator, electrician and assistant to the scientists during NBSAE, 1949-52. Quar was drowned on february 24, 1951. |
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