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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| Wilson Piedmont Glacier (NZL) | 77° 15' 00.0" S | 163° 10' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 114738
Place ID: 16115
A great piedmont glacier, varying in width from 6 to 14 miles and extending about 36 miles between Granite Harbour and Marble Point, along the coast of Victoria Land. It is fed by the Wright and Debenham Glaciers. Discovered by the NAE, 1901-04. The BAE, 1910-13, named this feature for Dr Edward A Wilson, surgeon and artist with Scott's first expedition, and chief of the scientific staff with the second. Wilson lost his life on the way back from the South Pole with Scott. |
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| Wilson Piedmont Glacier (RUS) | 77° 20' 00.0" S | 163° 00' 00.0" E | Glacier |
| Name ID: 121408 Place ID: 16115 | |||
| Wilson Piedmont Glacier (USA) | 77° 15' 00.0" S | 163° 10' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 133762
Place ID: 16115
A large piedmont glacier extending from Granite Harbor to Marble Point on the coast of Victoria Land. Discovered by the BrNAE, 1901-04. The BrAE, 1910-13, named the feature for Dr. Edward A. Wilson, surgeon and artist with Scott's first expedition and chief of the scientific staff with the second. Wilson lost his life on the way back from the South Pole with Scott. |
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