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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| Boyd Glacier (RUS) | 77° 15' 00.0" S | 145° 00' 00.0" W | Glacier |
| Name ID: 117207 Place ID: 1709 | |||
| Boyd Glacier (USA) | 77° 14' 00.0" S | 145° 25' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 122824
Place ID: 1709
Heavily crevassed glacier flowing WNW for about 45 mi to the Sulzberger Ice Shelf between Bailey Ridge and Mount Douglass in the Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land. Discovered on aerial flights of the ByrdAE in 1934, and named for Vernon D. Boyd, expedition machinist, and a member of West Base of the USAS (1939-41). |
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| Skinner Nunatak (AUS) | 72° 56' 54.6" S | 61° 02' 14.3" E | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 1709
Place ID: 13416
A rock outcrop marked by a crenallated ice summit, in the Goodspeed Nunataks, southern Prince Charles Mountains. First sighted by an ANARE seismic traverse party in 1957. Photographed by ANARE in 1958 and 1960.Named after M.J. Skinner, technical officer with the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey party in 1972. |
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