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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| Waldron Spurs (NZL) | 84° 35' 00.0" S | 175° 40' 00.0" W | Spur |
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Name ID: 114675
Place ID: 15667
A group of four or five rocky spurs at the east side fo the terminus of Shackleton Glacier, in the north-west portion of the foothills of the Prince Olav Mountains. Discovered and photographed by the US Antarctic Services Expedition, 1939-41, on Flight C of 29 February - 1 March 1940 and named for Lieut Cdr James E Waldron, USNR. |
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| Waldron Spurs (USA) | 84° 35' 00.0" S | 175° 40' 00.0" W | Spur |
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Name ID: 133374
Place ID: 15667
A group of rocky spurs at the E side of the terminus of Shackleton Glacier in the foothills of the Queen Maud Mountains. Discovered by the USAS (1939-41), and named by US-ACAN for Lt. Cdr. James E. Waldron, USNR, pilot with Squadron VX-6 in 1957-58. |
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