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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| Quito Glacier (GBR) | 62° 27' 14.2" S | 59° 46' 55.7" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 135335
Place ID: 16621
Glacier flowing N into the sea on N side of Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands, W of Spark Point, so called by Ecuadorian Antarctic Expedition, 1990, after the capital of Ecuador (APC, 2003). |
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| Quito Glacier (USA) | 62° 27' 00.0" S | 59° 47' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 136280
Place ID: 16621
Glacier flowing N into the sea W of Canto Point in N Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Named after the capital of Ecuador, c.1990, by the Ecuadorian Antarctic Expedition. |
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| Quito, Glaciar (ECU) | 62° 27' 00.0" S | 59° 47' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 107186
Place ID: 16621
Glaciar que limita con la Ensenada Guayaquil. Forma una punta que se la denomino "Punta Cuenca". Homonimo de la capital del Ecuador (Quito). |
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