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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| West Ice Shelf (AUS) | 67° 00' 00.0" S | 85° 00' 00.0" E | Ice shelf |
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Name ID: 738
Place ID: 15908
An ice shelf off the coasts of Princess Elizabeth Land and Wilhelm II Land, between Barrier Bay and Posadowsky Bay. Discovered by the German Antarctic Expedition (1901-03) under Drygalski. |
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| West Ice Shelf (RUS) | 66° 40' 00.0" S | 85° 00' 00.0" E | Ice shelf |
| Name ID: 121350 Place ID: 15908 | |||
| West Ice Shelf (USA) | 66° 40' 00.0" S | 85° 00' 00.0" E | Ice shelf |
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Name ID: 133582
Place ID: 15908
Prominent ice shelf extending about 180 mi in an E-W direction along the coast between Barrier Bay and Posadowsky Bay. Discovered and named by the GerAE, 1901-03, under Dr. Erich von Drygalski. The toponym describes the direction in which the German expedition first viewed the ice shelf. Their limited westward view became a prolonged one; on Feb. 22 1902, the ship feature. It remained there imprisoned by the pack until Feb. 8, 1903. |
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