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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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| Ahlmann Glacier (GBR) | 67° 52' 00.0" S | 65° 50' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 107465
Place ID: 124
flowing E into S part of Seligman Inlet, Bowman Coast, was photographed from the air by USAS in 1940; surveyed from the ground by FIDS from Hope Bay and Stonington Island in 1947; in association with the names of other glaciologists in this area, named after Hans Wilhelmsson Ahlmann (1889-1974), Swedish glaciologist and geographer; Director and Professor, Geographical Institute, Stockholm University, 1929-50, who initiated the study of world climatology through the behaviour of glaciers; initiator and Swedish member of the board of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1949-52 (BA chart 3570, 4.vi.1954; APC, 1955, p.4). Glaciar Ahlmann (Argentina. MM chart 110, 1957; Pierrou, 1970, p.153). Lednik Al'mana (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). |
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| Ahlmann Glacier (USA) | 67° 52' 00.0" S | 65° 45' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 121622
Place ID: 124
Southernmost of two glaciers flowing E into Seligman Inlet, on the E coast of Graham Land. The glacier was photographed from the air in 1940 by the USAS. Charted in 1947 by the FIDS, who named it for Prof. Hans Wilhelmsson Ahlmann, a Swedish glaciologist and geographer. |
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| Ahlmann, glaciar (ARG) | 67° 52' 00.0" S | 65° 45' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 100037
Place ID: 124
Es el más austral de los glaciares que se encuentran en la ensenada Seligman. Fue fotografiado desde el aire en 1940 por una comisión de la E.S.A.E.U. que comandaba el almirante Byrd. El C.I.I.M. (F.I.D.S.) cartografió el accidente en 1947 y lo bautizó en honor del geólogo y glaciólogo suizo Hans W. Ahlmann. Figuró publicado por primera vez en la carta 110 de 1957 y en la TSAA1. SHN carta H-7. |
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| Ahlmann, Glaciar (CHL) | 67° 52' 00.0" S | 65° 45' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 134473
Place ID: 124
Este glaciar fue fotografiado desde el aire en 1940 por el USAS y cartografiado en 1947 por el FIDS, que le dio el nombre por el Profesor Hans Wilhelmsson Ahlmann, glaciólogo y geógrafo sueco. Es el más al S de los dos glaciares que, separados por el cabo Church, fluyen en dirección al E hacia ensenada Seligman, en la costa E de la península Tierra de O'Higgins. |
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| Porpoise Bay (AUS) | 66° 30' 00.0" S | 128° 30' 00.0" E | Bay |
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Name ID: 124
Place ID: 11479
An embayment about 170 km wide, between Cape Morse and Cape Goodenough, on the eastern end of Banzare Coast, in Wilkes Land. The name Porpoise Bay was applied by Wilkes to a large bay in 66 degrees S., 130 degrees E. after the brig Porpoise of the US Exploring Expedition (1838-42). The present bay was delineated from air photography taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47) and named Porpoise Bay by USACAN. |
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