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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| Richter Glacier (NZL) | 77° 10' 00.0" S | 155° 25' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 139935
Place ID: 12119
A low gradient coastal glacier 18km west of Scott Nunataks on the north side of King Edward VII Land. The feature saddles with the Butler Glacier and flows north-northwest to the sea where it forms a small tongue. |
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| Richter Glacier (USA) | 77° 10' 00.0" S | 155° 25' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 130754
Place ID: 12119
A low gradient coastal glacier located 10 mi W of Scott Nunataks on the N side of Edward VII Peninsula. The feature saddles with the Butler Glacier and flows NW to the sea where it forms a small tongue. The glacier and tongue are depicted on the map of the ByrdAE, 1928-30. The map indicates that the landing party from the Kainan Maru (Shirase) traversed up this glacier to the summit of Scott Nunataks in January 1912. The glacier was mapped in detail by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by US-ACAN for Gregory S. Richter, meteorologist and scientific leader of the Byrd Station winter party in 1968. |
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