Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Trench Glacier (GBR) | 70° 12' 00.0" S | 69° 19' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 111641
Place ID: 14905
flowing ENE into George VI Sound, S of Mount Athelstan, NE Alexander Island, was photographed from the air at its mouth by Ellsworth, 23 November 1935, and roughly mapped from air photographs (Joerg, 1937, map facing p.444); surveyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island", 1948-49, and named from the trench-like nature of its valley (APC, 1955, p.21; USHO chart 6638, 1955; DOS 610 sheet W 7068, 1960); photographed from the air by RARE in 1947 and mapped from air photographs by FIDS in 1959. Lednik Trench (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). |
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| Trench Glacier (USA) | 70° 12' 00.0" S | 69° 11' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 132851
Place ID: 14905
Deeply entrenched glacier on the E coast of Alexander Island, 6 mi long and 2 mi wide, which flows E into George VI Sound immediately S of Mount Athelstan. The mouth of this glacier was first photographed from the air on Nov. 23, 1935, by Lincoln Ellsworth, and it was mapped from these photos by W.L.G. Joerg. Trench Glacier was surveyed in 1948 and 1949 by the FIDS, who applied this descriptive name. |
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| Trench, glaciar (ARG) | 70° 12' 00.0" S | 69° 19' 00.0" W | Glacier |
| Name ID: 102326 Place ID: 14905 | |||
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