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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| Lettner Glacier (GBR) | 65° 58' 15.0" S | 64° 58' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 138337
Place ID: 18773
Glacier 8.5 km long and 2.5 km wide, flowing north-west from Mount Paulcke towards Harrison Passage, Graham Coast. Named after Rudolf Lettner, Austrian climber and mountain skier, in association with names of pioneers of ski-mountaineering grouped in this area. Developed the use of steel edges for skis, improving control on steep and icy slopes, patented 1926. |
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| Rusalka Glacier (BGR) | 65° 58' 30.0" S | 64° 57' 20.0" W | |
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Name ID: 137071
Place ID: 18773
The 8 km long and 4.6 km wide glacier on Velingrad Peninsula, Graham Coast in Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula situated NE of Hoek Glacier. Draining the W slopes of Mount Paulcke, and flowing northwestwards into Harrison Passage. British mapping in 1971. Named after the Bulgarian Black Sea resort of Rusalka. |
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