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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Hourihan Glacier (AUS) | 80° 07' 25.1" S | 158° 35' 08.4" E | Glacier |
Name ID: 138232
Place ID: 17072
Glacier draining the S slopes of Ward Tower, Britannia Range, and flowing SE to Merrick Glacier. |
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Hourihan Glacier (NZL) | 80° 08' 00.0" S | 158° 45' 00.0" E | Glacier |
Name ID: 134306
Place ID: 17072
Glacier draining the S slopes of Ward Tower, Britannia Range, and flowing SE to Merrick Glacier. Named by US-ACAN in association with Byrd Glacier and Merrick Glacier (q.v.), after Capt. Joseph J. Hourihan, USN, captain of USS Merrick, cargo vessel of USN Operation HighJump, 1946-47, led by Admiral Byrd. |
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Hourihan Glacier (USA) | 80° 08' 00.0" S | 158° 45' 00.0" E | Glacier |
Name ID: 126746
Place ID: 17072
Glacier draining the S slopes of Ward Tower, Britannia Range, and flowing SE to Merrick Glacier. Named by US-ACAN in association with Byrd Glacier and Merrick Glacier (q.v.), after Capt. Joseph J. Hourihan, USN, captain of USS Merrick, a cargo vessel of USN Operation HighJump, 1946-47, led by Admiral Byrd. |
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