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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| Swithinbank Range (AUS) | 81° 42' 00.0" S | 159° 00' 00.0" E | Range |
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Name ID: 2234
Place ID: 14339
A range, 22 km long, on the western side of the Starshot Glacier. Named by the southern party of the New Zealand Geological and Survey Antarctic Expedition (1959-60) after Dr. Charles W.M. Swithinbank, (then) glaciologist of the University of Michigan, U.S.A., later a member of the research staff ot the Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge. |
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| Swithinbank Range (USA) | 81° 42' 00.0" S | 159° 00' 00.0" E | Range |
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Name ID: 132420
Place ID: 14339
A small range from the Churchill Mountains, extending eastward between Donnally and Ahern Glaciers to the W side of Starshot Glacier. Named by the NZGSAE (1959-60) for Charles W. Swithinbank, glaciologist that season at Little America V. |
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