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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| Wallis Glacier (NZL) | 71° 14' 00.0" S | 168° 15' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 114678
Place ID: 15696
Glacier some 15 miles long in the Admiralty Mountains, flowing north to the mouth of Dennistoun Glacier at the north coast of Victoria Land. Named by the US ACAN for Staff Sergeant Nathaniel Wallis, USAF, who perished in C-124 Globemaster crash in this vicinity in 1958. |
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| Wallis Glacier (USA) | 71° 14' 00.0" S | 168° 15' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 133401
Place ID: 15696
A glacier nearly 20 mi long in the NW part of the Admiralty Mountains, Victoria Land. The glacier flows N and then NW, eventually coalescing with the lower portions of Dennistoun and Nash Glaciers just before all three reach the sea just E of Cape Scott. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by US-ACAN for Staff Sergeant Nathaniel Wallis, who perished in the crash of a C-154 Globemaster aircraft in this vicinity in 1958. |
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