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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| Sheehan Glacier (NZL) | 71° 05' 00.0" S | 162° 24' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 114372
Place ID: 13127
A high rising and extremely broken glacier draining from Miller Peak in the Explorers Range into the Rennick Glacier. Named by the Northern party of the NZARP 1963-64 for Maurice Sheehan, mountaineer who wintered at Scott Base 1963 and was field assistant with the expedition. |
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| Sheehan Glacier (USA) | 70° 56' 00.0" S | 162° 24' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 131495
Place ID: 13127
A steep and extremely broken glacier draining from the vicinity of Miller Peak in the Explorers Range, Bowers Mountains, and entering the Rennick Glacier just S of Alvarez Glacier. Named by the northern party of NZGSAE, 1963-64, for Maurice Sheehan, mountaineer who wintered at Scott Base, 1963, and was a field party assistant with the expedition. |
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