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)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Fonfon Glacier (BGR) | 78° 11' 00.0" S | 86° 01' 50.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 137801
Place ID: 19450
The 4 km long and 2.3 km wide glacier on the E side of the main crest of north-central Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains. Situated N of Gerila Glacier and S of the head of Embree Glacier. Drains the NE slopes of the northern summit of Long Gables Peak and the SE slopes of Mount Anderson, flows northeastwards and joins upper Ellen Glacier SE of Eyer Peak. US mapping in 1961 and 1988. Named after the Fonfon locality on Vitosha Mountain, Bulgaria. |
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