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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| Burns Glacier (NZL) | 73° 57' 00.0" S | 164° 15' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 139775
Place ID: 2092
A tributary glacier, 24km long, flowing north along the east side of Pinckard Table, then northeast to enter the side of Tinker Glacier, in Victoria Land. |
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| Burns Glacier (USA) | 73° 57' 00.0" S | 164° 15' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 123119
Place ID: 2092
A tributary glacier, 12 mi long, flowing N along the E side of Pinckard Table to enter the SW side of Tinker Glacier, in Victoria Land. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1955-63. Named by US-ACAN for John P. Burns, radioman with the McMurdo Station winter parties of 1963 and 1967. |
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| Davis Peninsula (AUS) | 66° 34' 59.9" S | 98° 49' 59.9" E | Peninsula |
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Name ID: 2092
Place ID: 3388
A long strip of ice-capped land between Robinson Bay and Reid Glacier in Queen Mary Land. Discovered by the Western Base Party of AAE (1911-14). Named by Sir Douglas Mawson after Captain J K Davis, master of the SYAurora and second-in-command of the expedition. |
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