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)
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Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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Wood Glacier (NZL) | 72° 29' 00.0" S | 166° 42' 00.0" E | Glacier |
Name ID: 114755
Place ID: 16192
A glacier 15 miles long situated between the Croll Glacier and the plateau spillway feeding the Trafalgar Glacier. Named by the Southern Party of the NZFMCAE, 1962-63, after B L Wood, geologist member of the NZGSAE, 1957-58. |
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Wood Glacier (USA) | 72° 29' 00.0" S | 166° 42' 00.0" E | Glacier |
Name ID: 133828
Place ID: 16192
A tributary glacier flowing SE and entering Trafalgar Glacier just E of Mount McDonald in the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land. It shares a common saddle with Lensen Glacier which flows northward. Named by the southern party of NZFMCAE, 1962-63, for B.L. Wood, geologist member of NZGSAE, 1957-58, which also worked in this general area. |
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