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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Jorquera Glacier (GBR) | 62° 28' 35.5" S | 59° 39' 24.0" W | Glacier |
Name ID: 135277
Place ID: 17738
Flowing W into Discovery Bay, Greenwich Island, S of Bascopé Point, was so called by CAE probably after Capt. (F) P. Jorquera Goicolea of the expedition patrol ship Leucotón (Myriad Islands, qv) (Chile. IH chart 1401, 1965) (APC, 2004). |
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Jorquera Glacier (USA) | 62° 28' 00.0" S | 59° 39' 00.0" W | Glacier |
Name ID: 136125
Place ID: 17738
A glacier on Greenwich Island flows W into Discovery Bay S of Ash Point. Charted by CAE in 1965 and probably named for Captain (F) P. Jorquera G. |
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