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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| Seller Glacier (GBR) | 69° 22' 00.0" S | 66° 10' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 111112
Place ID: 12997
flowing WNW into Forster Ice Piedmont, Fallières Coast, was roughly surveyed by BGLE, 1936-37; resurveyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in December 1958; in association with the names of pioneers of navigation grouped in this area, named after John Seller (fl.1658-98), English hydrographer and compass-maker who published the first sailing directions for England in 1671; his Practical navigation (London, 1672) gave the first description of the variation of the compass, with rules for its determination (APC, 1962, p.28; DOS 610 sheet W6968, 1963). |
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| Seller Glacier (USA) | 69° 19' 00.0" S | 66° 24' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 131414
Place ID: 12997
A well-defined glacier, 20 mi long and 4 mi wide flowing westward into Forster Ice Piedmont, western Antarctic Peninsula, just N of Flinders Peak. Roughly surveyed by BGLE, 1936-37, and resurveyed by FIDS in Dec. 1958. Named by UK-APC after John Seller (c. 1658-1698), English hydrographer and compass maker who published the first sailing directions for England, 1671; his the variation of the compass, with rules for its determination. |
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