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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| Berry Glacier (USA) | 75° 00' 00.0" S | 134° 00' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 122469
Place ID: 1254
Glacier, about 25 mi long and 5 mi wide, draining N between Perry Range and Demas Range into the Getz Ice Shelf on the coast of Marie Byrd Land. This vicinity was first photographed and rudely charted from aircraft of the U.S. Antarctic Service in December 1940. The glacier was mapped in detail by USGS from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-66. Named by US-ACAN for Cdr. William H. Berry, USN, Air Operations Officer for Task Force 43 during Deep Freeze operations 1969-72; Operations Officer, 1973. |
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| Depot Lake (AUS) | 68° 34' 22.8" S | 78° 21' 42.1" E | Water body |
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Name ID: 1254
Place ID: 3541
An irregularly shaped lake in the Vestfold Hills which is about 600 m long. A depot was sited at the lake in 1978. |
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