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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| Ramsey Glacier (NZL) | 84° 24' 00.0" S | 179° 20' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 114198
Place ID: 11869
A glacier about 45 miles long, with a number of tributary glaciers, originating near the edge of the polar plateau in about 85°00' S, and generally flowing north to meet the Ross Ice Shelf at about the coordinates above. Discovered by the USASE, 1939-41, on Flight C of 29 February - 1 March 1940, and named by the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Admiral DeWitt C Ramsey, USN, Vice Chief of Naval Operations at the time US Highjump, 1946-47, was under way. |
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| Ramsey Glacier (RUS) | 84° 30' 00.0" S | 178° 30' 00.0" E | Glacier |
| Name ID: 120156 Place ID: 11869 | |||
| Ramsey Glacier (USA) | 84° 24' 00.0" S | 179° 20' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 130549
Place ID: 11869
Glacier about 45 mi long, originating in the Bush Mountains near the edge of the polar plateau and flowing N to the Ross Ice Shelf eastward of Den Hartog Peak. Discovered by the USAS on Flight C of February 29-March 1, 1940, and named by US-ACAN, on the recommendation of R. Admiral Byrd, for Admiral DeWitt C. Ramsey, USN, Vice Chief of Naval Operations during USN Operation HighJump, 1946-47. |
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