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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| Rudolph Glacier (GBR) | 64° 54' 00.0" S | 62° 26' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 110970
Place ID: 12459
flowing N into Andvord Bay, Danco Coast, was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57; in association with the names of pioneers of photogrammetry grouped in this area, named after Paul Rudolph (1858-1935), German mathematical optician who designed the first anastigmatic lens, introduced by Zeiss in 1889, and the Tessar lens, introduced by Zeiss in 1902 (APC, 1960, p.7; BA chart 3566, 25.viii.1961). |
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| Rudolph Glacier (USA) | 64° 54' 00.0" S | 62° 26' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 131023
Place ID: 12459
Glacier flowing into Andvord Bay S of Moser Glacier, on the W coast of Graham Land. Charted by the BelgAE under Gerlache, 1897-99. Named by the UK-APC in 1960 for Paul Rudolph, German mathematical optician who designed the first anastigmatic camera lens, introduced by Zeiss in 1889, and the "Tessar" lens, introduced by Zeiss in 1902. |
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| Rudolph, glaciar (ARG) | 64° 54' 00.0" S | 62° 26' 00.0" W | Glacier |
| Name ID: 102068 Place ID: 12459 | |||
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