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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| Shackleton Glacier (NZL) | 84° 35' 00.0" S | 176° 20' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 114358
Place ID: 13065
A major glacier, about 12 miles wide at its mouth and perhaps 80 to 100 miles long, descending from the polar plateau, approximately along the 175th meridian west longitude, to the head of the Ross Ice Shelf. Discovered by the US Antarctic Service Expedition, 1939-41, on the flight of 29 February to 1 March 1940. Named by the US Special Committee on Antarctic Names, 1943-47, for Sir Ernest Shackleton, famous British Antarctic explorer. |
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| Shackleton Glacier (RUS) | 85° 10' 00.0" S | 176° 00' 00.0" W | Glacier |
| Name ID: 120515 Place ID: 13065 | |||
| Shackleton Glacier (USA) | 84° 35' 00.0" S | 176° 20' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 131453
Place ID: 13065
A major glacier, over 60 mi long and from 5 to 10 mi wide, descending from the polar plateau from the vicinity of Roberts Massif and flowing N through the Queen Maud Mountains to enter the Ross Ice Shelf between Mount Speed and Waldron Spurs. Discovered by the USAS (1939-41) and named by US-SCAN for Sir Ernest H. Shackleton, British Antarctic explorer. |
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