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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| Aitkenhead Glacier (GBR) | 63° 57' 00.0" S | 58° 50' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 107471
Place ID: 139
flowing SE from Detroit Plateau, Trinity Peninsula, into Prince Gustav Channel, following surveys by FIDS from Hope Bay , 1960-61, was named after Neil Aitkenhead (b. 1936), FIDS geologist, Hope Bay , 1959-60, who worked in the area (APC, 1964, p.2; BAS 250 sheet SP 21-22/13, 1-DOS 1974). Aickenhead [sic] Glacier (USDMAAC chart JNC-120, ix.1976). |
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| Aitkenhead Glacier (USA) | 63° 57' 00.0" S | 58° 44' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 121639
Place ID: 139
Glacier about 10 mi long, flowing ESE from the Detroit Plateau, Graham Land, to Prince Gustav Channel close N of Alectoria Island. Mapped from surveys by FIDS (1960-61). Named by UK-APC for Neil Aitkenhead, FIDS geologist at Hope Bay (1959-60). |
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| Stack Bay (AUS) | 67° 03' 00.0" S | 58° 03' 00.0" E | Bay |
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Name ID: 139
Place ID: 13893
A bay about 4 km wide, lying just west of Hoseason Glacier in Kemp Land. Mapped from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Skotvika because of its proximity to West Stack, named by personnel of the William Scoresby in 1936. |
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