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)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Spiess Glacier (GBR) | 72° 15' 00.0" S | 61° 15' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 111324
Place ID: 13822
on Merz Peninsula (q.v.) flowing N into Hilton Inlet, Black Coast, was photographed from the air by USN, 1968-69, and surveyed from the ground by BAS from "Stonington Island", 1974-75; in association with the names of Antarctic oceanographers grouped in this area, named after Kapt. (later Vizeadm.) Fritz August Spiess (1881-1959), of the German Navy, Commander and Scientific Chief of the German Atlantic Expedition in Meteor, 1925-27, after the death of Prof. A. Merz (Merz Peninsula q.v.) (USGS sketch map Palmer Land (North Part), 1979; APC, 1980, p.5). |
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| Spiess Glacier (USA) | 72° 12' 00.0" S | 61° 18' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 132004
Place ID: 13822
A glacier c. 8 mi long on Merz Peninsula (q.v.), flowing N into a small bay E of Hjort Massif on the S side of Hilton Inlet, Black Coast. Mapped by the USGS from aerial photographs taken by the U.S. Navy, 1966-69. Surveyed by BAS, 1974-75. In association with the names of Antarctic oceanographers grouped in this area, named by the UK-APC in 1977 after Capt. (later V. Adm.) Fritz A. Spiess (1881-1959), of the German Navy, Commander and Scientific Chief of the German Atlantic Expedition in Meteor, 1925-27, after the death of Professor Alfred Merz. |
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