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.
Showing 1 place name.
| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wulfila Glacier (BGR) | 62° 32' 39.0" S | 59° 44' 32.0" W | Glacier |
|
Name ID: 134682
Place ID: 17967
The glacier on Greenwich Island bounded by Oborishte Ridge to the NW, Terter Peak, and Razgrad Peak to the NE, and Ephraim Bluff to the SE. Extending 3 km in NW-SE direction, and 2 km in SW-NE direction. Draining southwestwards into McFarlane Strait. Named after Bishop Wulfila (311-383 AD) of Nicopolis ad Istrum (the present Bulgarian settlement of Nikyup near Veliko Tarnovo) who created the Gothic alphabet, and laid the foundations of the Germanic literature. |
|||
Showing 1 place name.