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
Blue Icefalls (POL) 64° 54' 00.0" S 62° 20' 00.0" W
Name ID: 116406 Place ID: 16934

Steep icefalls of blue ice, Forbidden Plateau, above Henryk Cove, Andvord Bay.

Blue Icefalls (GBR) 64° 54' 00.0" S 62° 20' 00.0" W
Name ID: 135206 Place ID: 16934

Steep icefalls of blue ice, extending southwestwards S of Moser Glacier and Rudolph Glacier, Andvord Bay, Danco Coast. Named descriptively by PAE, 1999 (APC, 2003).

Blue Icefalls (USA) 64° 54' 00.0" S 62° 20' 00.0" W
Name ID: 135893 Place ID: 16934

Steep icefalls of blue ice on the W margin of Forbidden Plateau, Danco Coast; the 4 mi long icefalls overlook the E-most cove of Andvord Bay. Named by the Polish Antarctic Expedition, c. 1995

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