Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Sabine Glacier (GBR) | 63° 54' 00.0" S | 59° 46' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 111003
Place ID: 12576
flowing NNW into the cove E of Wennersgaard Point, Davis Coast. The coast in this vicinity was roughly sketched in January 1829 by Foster, who applied the name Cape Sabine to an unidentified feature lying SE of Cape Kater (q.v.), after Sir Edward Sabine (1788-1883), English astronomer and geodesist who was a member of the Committee for Foster's expedition; member of British expeditions to Arctic Canada, 1818, 1819-20; President of the Royal Society, 1861-71 (Foster and Kendall, chart, 1829a). Following survey by FIDS from "Hope Bay" in 1948 and air photography by FIDASE, 1956-57, the name of Sabine was applied to the present feature. Sabine Glacier (APC, 1960, p.7; BA chart 3205, 23.ix.1962; BAS 250 sheet SP 21-22/13, 1-DOS 1974). |
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| Sabine Glacier (USA) | 63° 55' 00.0" S | 59° 47' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 131096
Place ID: 12576
A glacier terminating at the sea between Wennersgaard Point and Cape Kater on the northwest coast of Graham Land. Capt. Henry Foster gave the name "Cape Sabine" in 1829 to a feature lying southeast of Cape Kater but it has not been possible to identify that cape. This toponym preserves the early use of Sabine in this area. Sir Edward Sabine (1788-1883), English astronomer and geodesist, was a member of the committee which planned the 1829 voyage of Foster in the Chanticleer. |
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