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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| Van der Veen Ice Stream (NZL) | 84° 01' 57.3" S | 133° 23' 24.4" W | Ice stream |
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Name ID: 140061
Place ID: 17570
A large southeast tributary to Whillans Ice Stream in Marie Byrd Land. |
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| Van der Veen Ice Stream (USA) | 83° 50' 00.0" S | 130° 00' 00.0" W | Watercourse |
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Name ID: 136391
Place ID: 17570
A large SE tributary to Whillans Ice Stream in Marie Byrd Land. Named by US-ACAN after Cornelis J. "Kees" van der Veen, Byrd Polar Research Center and Departments of Geological Sciences and Geography, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; glacial theoretician and collaborator with Ian Whillans, 1986-2001, in many seminal reports on the dynamics of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, including former Ice Stream B, now Whillans Ice Stream (q.v.). |
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