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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| Albone Glacier (GBR) | 64° 12' 00.0" S | 59° 45' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 107476
Place ID: 176
flowing S from Detroit Plateau towards Larsen Inlet, Nordenskjöld Coast, was surveyed by FIDS from Hope Bay , 1960-61; in association with the names of pioneers of overland mechanical transport grouped in this area, named after Dan Albone (d. 1906), English designer of the Ivel tractor, the first successful tractor with an internal combustion engine, 1897-1902 (APC, 1964, p.2; BAS 250 sheet SQ 21-22/1, 1-DOS 1974). Glaciar Albone (Argentina. AA, 1991, p.2) |
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| Albone Glacier (USA) | 64° 13' 00.0" S | 59° 42' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 121663
Place ID: 176
A deeply entrenched narrow glacier on the E side of Wolseley Buttress flowing southward from Detroit Plateau, Graham Land. Mapped by FIDS from surveys (1960-61). Named by UK-APC for Dan Albone, English designer of the Ivel tractor, the first successful tractor with an internal combustion engine. |
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| Albone, glaciar (ARG) | 64° 12' 00.0" S | 59° 45' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 100044
Place ID: 176
Fluye hacia la caleta Larsen, en la costa E de la península Antártica. Fue relevado por el FIDS en 1960-61 y bautizado en recuerdo de Dan Albone (1906-) quien diseñó el tractor Ivel, el primero con motor de combustión interna. SHN carta H-713. |
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