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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| Brush Glacier (USA) | 74° 29' 00.0" S | 111° 36' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 123029
Place ID: 1964
A broad glacier in the NW part of Bear Peninsula, flowing W into Dotson Ice Shelf to the N of Jeffrey Head, in Marie Byrd Land. First mapped by USGS from air photos taken by USN Operation HighJump in January 1947. Named by US-ACAN for Bernard E. Brush, station engineer at the Byrd (very low frequency) Substation, 1966. |
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| Loades Peak (AUS) | 68° 52' 59.9" S | 53° 46' 59.9" E | Peak |
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Name ID: 1964
Place ID: 8565
A prominent peak at the eastern end of Knuckey Peaks which resembles a seated figure when viewed from the south-east. The feature was a prominent landmark on the overland route taken by an ANARE party in 1974 from Mawson to Knuckey Peaks. Named after D.R. Loades, carpenter at Mawson in 1974 and a member of the ANARE tractor party which established a base camp at Knuckey peaks in 1974. |
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