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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Brückner Glacier (GBR) | 67° 20' 00.0" S | 67° 01' 00.0" W | Glacier |
Name ID: 107986
Place ID: 1942
on Arrowsmith Peninsula flowing NNE into Müller Ice Shelf (q.v.), Loubet Coast, was photographed from the air by FIDASE in 1956-57; originally defined as flowing into Lallemand Fjord and, in association with the names of other glaciologists grouped in this area, named after Eduard Brückner (1862-1927), German pioneer glacial geologist and glaciologist; joint author with A. Penck (Penck Glacier, q.v.) of Die Alpen im Eiszeitalter (Leipzig, 1901-09); Founder of Zeitschrift für Gletscherkunde in 1907 and Editor until 1927 (APC, 1960, p.3; BA chart 3571, 14.vii.1961; BAS 250P sheet SQ 19-20/14 (Ext.), 1-DOS 1978). Bruckner [sic] Glacier (BA, 1961, p.189). The glacier was later redefined as flowing into the ice shelf (BAS 250P sheet SQ 19-20/14, 1-DOS 1978; APC, 1986, p.3). |
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Brückner Glacier (USA) | 67° 18' 00.0" S | 67° 00' 00.0" W | Glacier |
Name ID: 123014
Place ID: 1942
Glacier flowing NE on Arrowsmith Peninsula to Muller Ice Shelf in the SW part of Lallemand Fjord, Loubert Coast. Mapped by FIDS from surveys and air photos, 1956-59. Named by UK-APC after Eduard Bruckner (1862-1927), German pioneer glaciologist. |
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Townrow Peak (AUS) | 76° 37' 59.9" S | 159° 34' 59.9" E | Peak |
Name ID: 1942
Place ID: 14869
A prominent outlier of the Tilman Ridge in the Allan Hills. Discovered by the NZARP Allan Hills Expedition (1964). Named after J.A. Townrow, of the University of Tasmania, palaeobotanist with the expedition. |
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