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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| Bowden Glacier (NZL) | 78° 08' 00.0" S | 163° 07' 00.0" E | Glacier |
| Name ID: 112847 Place ID: 1671 | |||
| Bowden Glacier (USA) | 78° 08' 00.0" S | 163° 07' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 122787
Place ID: 1671
A glacier lying on the SE flank of Salient Ridge that flows NE to Blue Glacier, Victoria Land. Named by NZGB in 1994 for Charles Bowden, first chairman of the Ross Dependency Committee during Sir Edmund Hillary's South Pole Expedition, part of the CTAE in 1957. Bowden also served as a member of the New Zealand Parliament until 1955. |
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| Mount Gardner (AUS) | 70° 24' 40.0" S | 65° 54' 11.0" E | Mountain |
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Name ID: 1671
Place ID: 5128
A prominent peak nearly central in the Porthos Range of the Prince Charles Mountains. Its height is about 1,981 m. Two slight peaks rise at the eastern end of crest; the western half of the northern face is snow-covered. Located 49 km ESE of Mt. Bichervaise. Visited by an ANARE southern party led by William G. Bewsher in December, 1956. Named after L.G. Gardner, diesel mechanic at Mawson in 1956. |
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