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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| Wilkinson Glacier (GBR) | 66° 49' 00.0" S | 66° 12' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 111949
Place ID: 16061
flowing SW into Lallemand Fjord, SE of Holdfast Point, Loubet Coast, was photographed from the air by FIDASE and surveyed from the ground by FIDS from "Detaille Island", 1956-57; named after Capt. John Valentine Wilkinson, RN (1914-86), commanding the guardship HMS Protector (Protector Heights, q.v.) in BAT and FID waters, 1955-57, who was responsible for the rescue by helicopter of two members of FIDS stranded on Roux Island, 10 November 1956 (APC, 1959a, p.12; BA chart 3571, 14.vii. 1961). |
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| Wilkinson Glacier (USA) | 66° 50' 00.0" S | 66° 20' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 133712
Place ID: 16061
A glacier on the S side of Protector Heights, flowing westward into Lallemand Fjord to the S of Holdfast Point, Graham Land. Mapped from air photos taken by FIDASE (1956-57). Named by UK-APC for Capt. John V. Wilkinson, RN, captain of HMS Protector in these waters, 1955-56 and 1956-57. |
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| Wilkinson, glaciar (ARG) | 66° 49' 00.0" S | 66° 12' 00.0" W | Glacier |
| Name ID: 102477 Place ID: 16061 | |||
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