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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| Shirase Glacier (RUS) | 70° 20' 00.0" S | 39° 00' 00.0" E | Glacier |
| Name ID: 120552 Place ID: 13189 | |||
| Shirase Glacier (USA) | 70° 05' 00.0" S | 38° 45' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 131547
Place ID: 13189
A large glacier entering Havsbotn, the bay that forms the head of Lutzow-Holm Bay. The area occupied by this feature was first mapped as a bay and named Instefjorden (the innermost fjord) by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. Surveys by JARE, 1957-62, revealed the large glacier in this position which they named after Lt. Nobu Shirase, leader of the Japanese Antarctic Expedition of 1911-12. |
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| Shirase Hyôga (JPN) | 70° 15' 00.0" S | 39° 15' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 112520
Place ID: 13189
A large glacier flowing north to the head of Lützow-Holmbukta. The northernmost part of the glacier was first recognized as an ice-covered fjord and mapped by the name of Instefjorden by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. The JARE of 1957 found existence of a large glacier in the area, and named Shirase Hyôga after Nobu Shirase, leader of the first Japanese Antarctic expedition of 1911-12. |
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| Shirasebreen (NOR) | 70° 07' 00.0" S | 38° 45' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 115928
Place ID: 13189
Large glacier from Thorshavnheiane out in Lützow-Holmbukta, between Prins Harald Kyst and Kronprins Olav Kyst. After captain Choku Shirase, leader of the Japanese Antarctic expedition, 1911-12. |
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