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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| Wild Icefalls (NZL) | 84° 55' 00.0" S | 162° 25' 00.0" E | |
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Name ID: 114725
Place ID: 16035
Ice falls at the head of the Beardmore Glacier, west of Buckley Island. Named by the Northern Party of the NZGSAE, 1961-62, for nearby Mt Wild and for Frank Wild, Shackleton's companion on his polar journey. |
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| Wild Icefalls (USA) | 84° 55' 00.0" S | 162° 25' 00.0" E | |
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Name ID: 133691
Place ID: 16035
The extensive icefalls at the head of Beardmore Glacier, between Mount Wild and Mount Buckley. Named by the NZGSAE (1961-62) in association with nearby Mount Wild. |
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