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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Tucker Glacier (NZL) | 72° 32' 00.0" S | 169° 15' 00.0" E | Glacier |
Name ID: 114598
Place ID: 15028
A large glacier flowing between the Admiralty Mountains and the Victory Mountains. It is a major valley glacier, at least 80 miles long, and probably over 100 miles long, flowing eastwards from the Polar Plateau to the Ross Sea. The small coastal indentation at its mouth was called Tucker Inlet by Ross, and this name was adopted for the glacier. It is remarkably free from major ice-falls or other obstacles to travel, though its gentle gradient is broken by two small easily negotiated features, named Biscuit Step and Pemmican Step. The glacier was named by the NZ Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, 1957-58. |
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Tucker Glacier (RUS) | 72° 00' 00.0" S | 167° 30' 00.0" E | Glacier |
Name ID: 121064 Place ID: 15028 | |||
Tucker Glacier (USA) | 72° 32' 00.0" S | 169° 15' 00.0" E | Glacier |
Name ID: 132934
Place ID: 15028
A major valley glacier of Victoria Land, about 90 mi long, flowing southeast between Admiralty Mountains and Victory Mountains to the Ross Sea. There is a snow saddle at the glacier's head, just west of Homerun Range, from which Ebbe Glacier flows northwestward. Explored by NZGSAE, 1957-58, and named by them after Tucker Inlet, the ice-filled coastal indentation at the mouth of this glacier named by Ross in 1841. |
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