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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| Ahern Glacier (AUS) | 81° 46' 59.9" S | 159° 10' 00.1" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 573
Place ID: 123
A glacier flowing eastwards from the vicinity of Mount Massam to the Starshot Glacier. Discovered by the N.Z. Geological Expedition (1964-65). |
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| Ahern Glacier (USA) | 81° 47' 00.0" S | 159° 10' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 121621
Place ID: 123
A small tributary glacier flowing E from the Churchill Mountains between Mount Lindley and Mount Hoskins to enter Starshot Glacier. Named by the Holyoake, Cobham, and Queen Elizabeth Ranges Party of the NZGSAE (1964-65) for B. Ahern, a member of the party. |
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| Posadowsky Bay (AUS) | 66° 46' 59.9" S | 89° 27' 00.0" E | Bay |
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Name ID: 123
Place ID: 11498
A wide-open embayment in the vicinity of Gaussberg, just east of the West Ice Shelf, in Wilhelm II Land. Discovered by the German Antarctic Expedition (1901-03) under Drygalski. Named after Count Arthur von Posadowsky-Wehner, German Imperial Home Secretary, who secured a government grant for Drygalski's expedition. |
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