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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| Slava Ice Shelf (AUS) | 68° 49' 00.1" S | 154° 43' 59.9" E | Ice shelf |
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Name ID: 730
Place ID: 13474
An ice shelf on the coast of Oates Land between Cape Davydov and Cape Andreyev. Photographed by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1956. The Soviet Expedition applied the name Slava Bay to a wide open bay between Cape Novosilskiiy on the shelf and Cape Buromskiy. It was decided that the name would be appropriately applied to the ice shelf. Named after the Soviet whaling flotilla Slava. |
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| Slava Ice Shelf (USA) | 68° 49' 00.0" S | 154° 44' 00.0" E | Ice shelf |
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Name ID: 131748
Place ID: 13474
An ice shelf along the coast of Antarctica between Mawson Peninsula and Cape Andreyev. The feature was photographed from the air by USN Operation HighJump in 1947. The area was photographed in 1958 by the SovAE which applied the name "Zaliv Slava" to the wide open bay that fronts this ice shelf. This name decision is in accord with the recommendation by ANCA that the name would be appropriately applied to the ice shelf. Named after the Soviet whaling flotilla Slava. |
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