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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| Sikorsky Glacier (GBR) | 64° 13' 00.0" S | 60° 46' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 111185
Place ID: 13273
flowing W and WSW into Hughes Bay, Danco Coast, E of Sterneck Island, was photo- graphed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57, and surveyed from the ground by FIDS from "Portal Point", 1957-59; in association with the names of pioneers of aviation grouped in this area, named after Igor Ivan Sikorsky (1889-1972), American aircraft designer of Russian birth, who pioneered the design of helicopters from 1909 (APC, 1960, p.7; BA chart 3560, 7.iv.1961; BAS 250 sheet SQ 19-20/4, 1-DOS 1974). |
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| Sikorsky Glacier (USA) | 64° 12' 00.0" S | 60° 53' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 131605
Place ID: 13273
Glacier flowing into Hughes Bay N of Charles Point, on the W coast of Graham Land. Photographed by the FIDASE in 1956-57, and mapped from these photos by the FIDS. Named by the UK-APC in 1960 for Igor Sikorsky, American (Russian born) aircraft designer, who has pioneered helicopters since 1909. |
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| Sikorsky, glaciar (ARG) | 64° 13' 00.0" S | 60° 46' 00.0" W | Glacier |
| Name ID: 102179 Place ID: 13273 | |||
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