Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Russel del Este, Glaciar (CHL) | 63° 40' 00.0" S | 58° 48' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 106223
Place ID: 12518
Una notable depresión, entre las montañas de la península Luis Felipe, de 4 millas de ancho y 900 metros de altura, muy característica, cruza la península al S del cabo Roquemaurel, descarga hacia el mar en ambas costas. La descarga oriental recibe el nombre de Russel del Este. |
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| Russell East Glacier (GBR) | 63° 43' 00.0" S | 58° 22' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 110984
Place ID: 12518
flowing E into Prince Gustav Channel, Trinity Peninsula, and forming with Russell West Glacier (q.v.) a through glacier to the NW coast of the peninsula, was surveyed by FIDS from "Hope Bay" in 1946 and named East Russell Glacier after Capt. Victor Ian Russell, RE (1918-2001), Operation "Tabarin" and FIDS surveyor, "Hope Bay", 1944-46 (Base Leader, 1945-46) (APC, 1955, p.9; BA, 1961, p.132). Russell Glacier, referring to both this feature and Russell West Glacier (Anderson, 1957, end map). Glaciar Russell Este (Argentina. MM, 1958b, p.170; Pierrou, 1970, p.641). Russell East Glacier (APC, 1960, p.7; BA chart 3205, 23.xi.1962; BAS 250 sheet SP 21-22/13, 1-DOS 1974). Glaciar Russell, referring to this feature and Russell West Glacier (Chile. DNH, 1962, p.219). Glaciar Russel [sic] del Este (Chile. IHA, 1974, p.251). |
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| Russell East Glacier (USA) | 63° 44' 00.0" S | 58° 20' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 131061
Place ID: 12518
Glacier, 6 mi long and 3 mi wide, which lies at the N end of Detroit Plateau and flows from Mount Canicula eastward into Prince Gustav Channel on the S side of Trinity Peninsula. This glacier together with Russell West Glacier, which flows westward into Bone Bay on the N side of Trinity Peninsula, form a through glacier across the N part of Antarctic Peninsula. It was first surveyed in 1946 by the FIDS. Named by the UK-APC for V.I. Russell, surveyor and leader of the FIDS base at Hope Bay in 1946. |
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