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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| Blue Glacier (NZL) | 77° 50' 00.0" S | 164° 10' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 112824
Place ID: 1484
A glacier, from 2 to 4 miles wide and about 20 miles long, flowing into Bowers Piedmont Glacier about 10 miles south of New Harbour, between Capes Bernacchi and Chocolate. Discovered by the NAE, 1901-04, and named because of its clear blue ice at the time of its discovery. |
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| Blue Glacier (RUS) | 78° 54' 00.0" S | 163° 40' 00.0" E | Glacier |
| Name ID: 117137 Place ID: 1484 | |||
| Blue Glacier (USA) | 77° 50' 00.0" S | 164° 10' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 122649
Place ID: 1484
Large glacier which flows into Bowers Piedmont Glacier about 10 mi S of New Harbor, in Victoria Land. Discovered by the BrNAE under Scott, 1901-04, who gave it this name because of its clear blue ice at the time of discovery. |
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| Mount Parviainen (AUS) | 66° 45' 20.5" S | 51° 08' 15.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 1484
Place ID: 10926
A mountain in the Tula Mountains, Enderby Land, about 24 km north-west of Pythagoras Peak. Plotted from air photographs taken by ANARE in 1956. Named after L. Parviainen, a member of the crew of the Discovery during BANZARE (1929-31). |
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