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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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| Ablation Valley (GBR) | 70° 49' 00.0" S | 68° 25' 00.0" W | Valley |
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Name ID: 107430
Place ID: 18
mainly ice-free W-E valley on E coast of Alexander Island, S of Ablation Point, was photographed from the air by Ellsworth in November 1935 and subsequently mapped by Joerg (1937, map facing p.444); following survey by BGLE in October 1936, named at its mouth Ablation Bay (Rymill, 1938a, p.511) or Ablation Camp (Stephenson and Fleming, 1940, p.160-61 and photograph p.162; Stephenson, 1940, p.173 and map facing p.232), because of the limited snow and ice cover. Ablation Valley (APC, 1955, p.4; DOS 610 sheet W 70 68, 1960). The valley was remapped by a University of Aberdeen party, supported by BAS, in 1978-79 (Sugden and Clapperton, 1980). |
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| Ablation Valley (USA) | 70° 48' 00.0" S | 68° 30' 00.0" W | Valley |
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Name ID: 121546
Place ID: 18
Mainly ice-free valley on the E coast of Alexander Island, 2 mi long, which is entered immediately S of Ablation Point and opens on George VI Sound. First photographed from the air on Nov. 23, 1935, by Lincoln Ellsworth and mapped from these photos by W.L.G. Joerg. First visited and surveyed in 1936 by the BGLE, and so named by them because of the relatively small amounts of snow and ice found there. |
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| Phillpot Automatic Weather Station (AUS) | 68° 39' 00.0" S | 60° 33' 00.0" E | AWS |
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Name ID: 18
Place ID: 11220
The automatic weather station (formerly known as GE03), was established in January 1982. It is located at an elevation of 1850 m. |
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