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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| Sullivan Glacier (GBR) | 69° 50' 00.0" S | 70° 51' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 111458
Place ID: 14214
flowing SW into Gilbert Glacier (q.v.), N Alexander Island, was seen from the air and roughly mapped by BGLE, 1 February 1937 (Stephenson, 1940, map facing p232); photographed from the air by RARE in 1947 and mapped from air photographs by FIDS in 1959; in association with the names of other composers in this area, named after Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan (1842-1900), English composer of light opera ([in 69°42'S 70°41'W] APC, 1961, p.3; BA chart 3571, 14.vii.1961; Searle, 1963, end map; [co ordinates corrected from USLANDSAT imagery of February 1975] APC, 1977, p.32; BAS 250P sheet SR 19 20/5 (Ext.), 1 DOS 1978). |
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| Sullivan Glacier (USA) | 69° 42' 00.0" S | 70° 45' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 132318
Place ID: 14214
A glacier flowing W into Gilbert Glacier (q.v.), immediately S of Elgar Uplands in the N part of Alexander Island. First seen from a distance by the BGLE during a flight in 1937 and roughly mapped. Remapped from air photos taken by the RARE, 1947-48, by Searle of the FIDS in 1960. In association with the names of other composers in this area, named by UK-APC after Sir Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900), English composer. |
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