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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| Woodbury Glacier (GBR) | 64° 47' 00.0" S | 62° 18' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 111988
Place ID: 16199
flowing N into Piccard Cove, Wilhelmina Bay, Danco Coast, was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57; in association with the names of pioneers of photogrammetry and air survey grouped in this area, named after Walter Bentley Woodbury (1834-85), English pioneer of photochemical printing, in 1865, and of serial film cameras for use in balloons and kites, in 1877 (APC, 1960, p.8; BA chart 3566, 25.viii.1961). |
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| Woodbury Glacier (USA) | 64° 47' 00.0" S | 62° 20' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 133835
Place ID: 16199
Glacier just W of Montgolfier Glacier, flowing into Piccard Cove, Wilhelmina Bay, on the W coast of Graham Land. Mapped by the FIDS from air photos taken by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956-57. Named by the UK-APC in 1960 for Walter B. Woodbury (1834-1885), English pioneer of photomechanical printing in 1865 and of serial film cameras for use in balloons and kites in 1877. |
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