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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| Rómulo, glaciar (ARG) | 68° 23' 00.0" S | 66° 48' 00.0" W | Glacier |
| Name ID: 102046 Place ID: 12329 | |||
| Romulus Glacier (GBR) | 68° 23' 00.0" S | 66° 48' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 110925
Place ID: 12329
flowing WSW into Rymill Bay, Fallières Coast, was surveyed by BGLE in 1936 (Stephenson, 1940, map facing p.232) and resurveyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island", 1948-49; in association with Remus Glacier (q.v.), named after Romulus (fl. 750BC) who, with his twin brother Remus, is said to have founded Rome in 753BC (APC, 1955, p.18; DCS 601 sheet 68 66, 1955). |
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| Romulus Glacier (USA) | 68° 23' 00.0" S | 66° 55' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 130916
Place ID: 12329
Glacier, 7 mi long and 2 mi wide, which flows from the N slopes of Mount Lupa westward to Rymill Bay between the Blackwall Mountains and Black Thumb, on the W coast of Graham Land. First surveyed in 1936 by the BGLE under Rymill. Resurveyed in 1948-49 by the FIDS, who so named it for its association with Remus Glacier, whose head lies near the head of this glacier. |
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