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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| Toynbee Glacier (GBR) | 69° 38' 00.0" S | 69° 40' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 111632
Place ID: 14870
flowing N into George VI Sound E of Douglas Range, NE Alexander Island, was photographed from the air by BGLE, 1 February 1937, and by RARE in 1947; surveyed from the ground in its lower reaches by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in 1948 and named after Lieut. Patrick Arnold Toynbee, RNR (1920-62), FIDS aircraft pilot, "Stonington Island", 1948-50 (APC, 1955, p.21; DOS 610 sheet W 69 68, 1960); mapped over its length from air photographs by FIDS in 1959. |
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| Toynbee Glacier (USA) | 69° 35' 00.0" S | 69° 35' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 132825
Place ID: 14870
Glacier in NE Alexander Island, 17 mi long and 5 mi wide, between the mountains of the Douglas Range on the W and Mount Tyrrell and Mount Tilley on the east. It flows N from Mount Stephenson to George VI Sound. First photographed from the air in 1937 by the BGLE under Rymill. Surveyed in 1948 by the FIDS and named for Patrick A. Toynbee, FIDS air pilot at Stonington Island in 1948 and 1949. |
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