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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| Robb Glacier (NZL) | 82° 38' 00.0" S | 165° 00' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 114243
Place ID: 12203
A 15 mile glacier that flows east between Mts Christchurch and Longstaff to meet to the Ross Ice Shelf at Cape Goldie. It is separated by a low saddle from the Lowery Glacier and is fed by icefalls and snowfields from the mountain masses on either side. Named by the expedition, after Murray Robb, leader of the NZGSAE, 1959-60, who traversed this glacier to reach Lowery Glacier. |
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| Robb Glacier (RUS) | 82° 38' 00.0" S | 165° 00' 00.0" E | Glacier |
| Name ID: 120241 Place ID: 12203 | |||
| Robb Glacier (USA) | 82° 38' 00.0" S | 165° 00' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 130821
Place ID: 12203
A glacier about 40 mi long, flowing from Clarkson Peak N along the E side of Softbed Ridges to the Ross Ice Shelf at Cape Goldie. Named by the expedition after Murray Robb, leader of the NZGSAE (1959-60), who traversed this glacier to reach Lowery Glacier. |
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