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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| Yancey Glacier (AUS) | 80° 13' 59.9" S | 158° 31' 59.9" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 558
Place ID: 16342
A very steep glacier flowing into Byrd Glacier just west of Sennet Glacier. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. |
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| Yancey Glacier (NZL) | 80° 12' 54.7" S | 158° 18' 24.2" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 139491
Place ID: 16342
A very steep glacier flowing into Byrd Glacier just west of Sennet Glacier. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MP06 |
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| Yancey Glacier (USA) | 80° 14' 00.0" S | 158° 30' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 133913
Place ID: 16342
A precipitous glacier in Britannia Range, flowing east from the vicinity of Mount McClintock and then southeastward to enter Byrd Glacier just west of Sennet Glacier. Named by US-ACAN in association with nearby Byrd Glacier for the USS Yancey, cargo ship (Central Group of Task Force 68) of USN Operation HighJump, 1946-47, led by Admiral Byrd. |
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