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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| Rush Glacier (GBR) | 64° 23' 00.0" S | 62° 35' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 110983
Place ID: 12512
on SW Brabant Island flowing W into Dallmann Bay, was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57; in association with the names of pioneers of medicine grouped in this area, named after Benjamin Rush (1745-1813), American physician and philanthropist, and author of works on insanity and fevers; a signatory of the Declaration of Independence, 4 July 1776 (APC, 1960, p.7; BA chart 3566, 25.viii.1961; BAS 250 sheet SQ 19-20/4, 1-DOS 1974). |
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| Rush Glacier (USA) | 64° 23' 00.0" S | 62° 37' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 131058
Place ID: 12512
Glacier 4 mi long in southern Brabant Island, flowing W from the Solvay Mountains into Dallmann Bay between Fleming and Humann Points, in the Palmer Archipelago. Shown on an Argentine government chart in 1953, but not named. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956-57, and mapped from these photos in 1959. Named by the UK-APC for Benjamin Rush (1745-1813), first great American physician and philanthropist, author of works on insanity and fevers, and one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. |
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| Rush, glaciar (ARG) | 64° 23' 00.0" S | 62° 35' 00.0" W | Glacier |
| Name ID: 102078 Place ID: 12512 | |||
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