Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Thomas Glacier (RUS) | 78° 40' 00.0" S | 84° 30' 00.0" W | Glacier |
| Name ID: 120956 Place ID: 14610 | |||
| Thomas Glacier (USA) | 78° 40' 00.0" S | 84° 00' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 132624
Place ID: 14610
A roughly Z-shaped glacier which drains the SE slopes of Vinson Massif and flows for 17 mi through the S part of the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains, leaving the range S of Johnson Spur. Discovered by USN Squadron VX-6 on photographic flights of Dec. 14-15, 1959, and mapped by USGS from the photos. Named by US-ACAN for R. Admiral Charles W. Thomas, USCG, veteran of Antarctic expeditions in the 1950s. |
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