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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| Smithson Glacier (NZL) | 71° 15' 00.0" S | 163° 52' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 139916
Place ID: 13545
A tributary glacier in the Bowers Mountains. It drains the slopes near Mount Verhage and flows north along the west side of Posey Range for approximately 30km to enter Graveson Glacier adjacent to Mount Draeger. |
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| Smithson Glacier (USA) | 71° 15' 00.0" S | 163° 52' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 131807
Place ID: 13545
A tributary glacier in the Bowers Mountains. It drains the slopes near Mount Verhage and flows N along the W side of Posey Range to enter Graveson Glacier adjacent to Mount Draeger. Mapped by USGS from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by US-ACAN for Scott B. Smithson, geologist at McMurdo Station, 1967-68. |
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