Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Mercer Ice Stream (NZL) | 84° 50' 00.0" S | 145° 00' 00.0" W | Watercourse |
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Name ID: 135684
Place ID: 17022
An ice stream flowing W to Gould Coast to the S of Whillans Ice Stream. It is the southern most of several major ice streams draining from Marie Byrd Land into the Ross Ice Shelf. The ice streams were investigated and mapped by USARP personnel in a number of field seasons from 1983-84 and named Ice Stream A, B, C, etc., according to their position from south to north. The name was changed by US-ACAN in 2002 to honor John H. Mercer (1922-87), Quaternary geologist, Institute of Polar Studies (now Byrd Polar Research Center), Ohio State University, who mapped the moraines above Reedy Glacier and in Ohio Range at the head of Horlick Ice Stream, the major tributaries to Mercer Ice Stream. |
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| Mercer Ice Stream (USA) | 84° 50' 00.0" S | 145° 00' 00.0" W | Watercourse |
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Name ID: 122074
Place ID: 17022
An ice stream flowing W to Gould Coast to the S of Whillans Ice Stream. It is the southern most of several major ice streams draining from Marie Byrd Land into the Ross Ice Shelf. The ice streams were investigated and mapped by USARP personnel in a number of field seasons from 1983-84 and named Ice Stream A, B, C, etc., according to their position from south to north. The name was changed by US-ACAN in 2002 to honor John H. Mercer (1922-87), Quaternary geologist, Institute of Polar Studies (now Byrd Polar Research Center), Ohio State University, who mapped the moraines above Reedy Glacier and in Ohio Range at the head of Horlick Ice Stream, the major tributaries to Mercer Ice Stream. |
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