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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| Recoil Glacier (NZL) | 73° 46' 00.0" S | 163° 05' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 114207
Place ID: 11943
An east flowing tributary to the Campbell Glacier. Named by the Northern Party of the NZGSAE, 19621-63, because the Geologist was said to have recoiled in disgust on finding little of geological interest there and not what he expected. |
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| Recoil Glacier (USA) | 73° 46' 00.0" S | 163° 05' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 130607
Place ID: 11943
A tributary glacier descending from the Deep Freeze Range, south of Mount Pollock, to the Campbell Glacier, in Victoria Land. Named by the northern party of NZGSAE, 1962-63, because the geologist was said to have "recoiled in disgust" on finding little of geological interest there and not what he expected. |
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