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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| Zonda Glacier (GBR) | 69° 32' 00.0" S | 68° 20' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 112044
Place ID: 16520
flowing WSW into George VI Sound S of FoÂhn Bastion, was surveyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in December 1948 and further surveyed by BAS, 1971-72; in association with the names of winds grouped in this area, named after the zonda, Argentine name for the warm dry wind on the E side of the Andes (BAS 250P sheet SR 19-20/6, 1-DOS 1978; APC, 1980, p.6). |
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| Zonda Glacier (USA) | 69° 33' 00.0" S | 68° 30' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 133985
Place ID: 16520
A glacier c. 8 mi long, flowing WSW between Fohn Bastion and Zonda Towers into George VI Sound. The glacier was included in surveys by FIDS, 1948, and BAS, 1971-72, and was photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1966. The name applied by UK-APC in 1977 continues the theme of wind names in the area. Zonda is the Argentine name for the warm dry wind descending the E slopes of the Andes. |
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