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.

Showing all 2 place names.

Name Latitude Longitude Feature Type
Brandau Glacier (USA) 84° 54' 00.0" S 173° 30' 00.0" E Glacier
Name ID: 122862 Place ID: 1753

A wide tributary glacier, 15 mi long, flowing westward from an ice divide between Haynes Table and Husky Heights to enter Keltie Glacier just W of Ford Spur. Named by US-ACAN for Lt. Cdr. James F. Brandau, USN, pilot with Squadron VX-6, OpDFrz 1964 and 1965.

Dawson Nunatak (AUS) 70° 14' 03.0" S 65° 01' 33.0" E Nunatak
Name ID: 1753 Place ID: 3405

A nunatak about 6 km SSE of Mount Peter in the Athos Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE air photographs.Named after P L Dawson, senior diesel mechanic at Mawson in 1964.

Showing all 2 place names.

The SCAR Composite Gazetteer is hosted by the Australian Antarctic Data Centre. The information in the footer below pertains to the AADC web site.