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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| Vallot Glacier (GBR) | 67° 21' 00.0" S | 67° 25' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 111733
Place ID: 15288
on Arrowsmith Peninsula, Loubet Coast, flowing W into Laubeuf Fjord, was surveyed near its mouth by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in 1948 (DCS 601 sheet 67 66, 1954) and photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57; in association with the names of glaciologists grouped in this area, named after Joseph Vallot (1854-1925), French naturalist and glaciologist who first measured the surface velocity of a glacier over a long period, in Switzerland, 1891-99 (APC, 1960, p.8; BAS 250P sheet SQ 19-20/14 (Ext.), 1-DOS 1978). |
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| Vallot Glacier (USA) | 67° 18' 00.0" S | 67° 30' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 133122
Place ID: 15288
A glacier flowing NW to Laubeuf Fjord close S of Lewis Peaks, on Arrowsmith Peninsula in Graham Land. Mapped by FIDS from surveys and air photos, 1948-59. Named by UK-APC for Joseph Vallot, French naturalist and glaciologist who first measured the surface velocity of a glacier over a long period, in Switzerland, 1891-99. |
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| Vallot, glaciar (ARG) | 67° 20' 00.0" S | 67° 26' 00.0" W | Glacier |
| Name ID: 102385 Place ID: 15288 | |||
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