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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| Wright Ice Piedmont (GBR) | 64° 02' 00.0" S | 60° 22' 00.0" W | Piedmont |
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Name ID: 112004
Place ID: 16232
extending ESE-WSW between Lanchester Bay and Curtiss Bay, Davis Coast, was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57; in association with the names of pioneers of aviation grouped in this area, named after Wilbur Wright (1867-1912) and his brother Orville Wright (1871-1948), American aeronautical engineers who made the first controlled flights in a powered heavier-than-air machine, 17 December 1903 (APC, 1960 p.8; BA chart 3205, 23.xi.1962; BAS 250 sheet SQ 19-20/4, 1-DOS 1974); further photographed from the air by USN, 1968-69. |
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| Wright Ice Piedmont (USA) | 63° 58' 00.0" S | 60° 20' 00.0" W | Piedmont |
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Name ID: 133866
Place ID: 16232
Ice piedmont extending westward from Lanchester Bay along the W coast of Graham Land. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1955-57 and mapped from these photos by the FIDS. Named by the UK-APC in 1960 for Wilbur Wright (1867-1912) and his brother Orville Wright (1871-1948), American aeronautical engineers who made the first controlled flights in a powered heavier-than-air machine on December 17, 1903. |
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| Wright, hielos (ARG) | 64° 02' 00.0" S | 60° 22' 00.0" W | Piedmont |
| Name ID: 102500 Place ID: 16232 | |||
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