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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| Ross Ice Shelf (NZL) | 81° 30' 00.0" S | 175° 00' 00.0" W | Ice shelf |
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Name ID: 114265
Place ID: 12380
A vast ice shelf, to a large extent grounded, between Ross Island and King Edward VII Land, and occupying the entire southern part of the Ross Sea embayment and ending seaward in a cliffed ice front about 400 miles long. Discovered on 28 January 1841 by Ross for whom it is named. Ross mapped the ice front eastward to 160°00' W. |
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| Ross Ice Shelf (RUS) | 80° 00' 00.0" S | 175° 00' 00.0" W | Ice shelf |
| Name ID: 120295 Place ID: 12380 | |||
| Ross Ice Shelf (USA) | 81° 30' 00.0" S | 175° 00' 00.0" W | Ice shelf |
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Name ID: 130957
Place ID: 12380
A vast ice shelf, almost entirely afloat, occupying the entire southern part of the Ross Sea embayment and ending seaward in a cliffed ice front about 400 miles long and ranging from 15 to 50 meters high. Discovered on Jan. 28, 1841, by Capt. James Clark Ross, for whom it is named. Ross mapped the ice front eastward to 160W. |
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