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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| Venable Ice Shelf (RUS) | 73° 03' 00.0" S | 87° 20' 00.0" W | Ice shelf |
| Name ID: 121158 Place ID: 15375 | |||
| Venable Ice Shelf (USA) | 73° 03' 00.0" S | 87° 20' 00.0" W | Ice shelf |
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Name ID: 133182
Place ID: 15375
An ice shelf, 40 mi long and 15 mi wide, between Fletcher and Allison Peninsulas, Ellsworth Land. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961-66. Named by US-ACAN for Cdm. J.D. Venable, USN, Ships Operations Officer, U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica, 1967 and 1968. |
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