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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| Byrd Glacier (AUS) | 80° 15' 00.0" S | 160° 19' 59.9" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 464
Place ID: 2153
A very large glacier, about 190 km long, draining an extensive area and discharging into the Ross Ice Shelf at Barne Inlet. Explored by Messrs Ayres and Carlyon of the NZ party of the TAE (1956-58) Named by NZAPC after Rear Admiral Richard E Byrd, USN. |
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| Byrd Glacier (NZL) | 80° 20' 00.0" S | 159° 00' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 112912
Place ID: 2153
A very large glacier, approximately 100 miles long, draining an extensive area of the Polar Plateau and discharging into the Ross Ice Shelf at Barne Inlet. As the name "Barne Glacier" was already in use in the Ross Dependency, it was suggest by A S Helm that this feature be named in honour of Rear-Admiral E Byrd, the famous American Antarctic explorer who led several expeditions to the Dependency area. The glacier lies in both Australian and New Zealand territory. |
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| Byrd Glacier (RUS) | 80° 15' 00.0" S | 160° 00' 00.0" E | Glacier |
| Name ID: 117340 Place ID: 2153 | |||
| Byrd Glacier (USA) | 80° 20' 00.0" S | 159° 00' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 123174
Place ID: 2153
A major glacier, about 85 mi long and 15 mi wide, draining an extensive area of the polar plateau and flowing eastward between the Britannia Range and Churchill Mountains to discharge into Ross Ice Shelf at Barne Inlet. Named by the NZ-APC after R. Admiral Richard E. Byrd, USN, American Antarctic explorer. |
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| Hope Point (AUS) | 67° 22' 40.4" S | 59° 36' 13.6" E | Point |
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Name ID: 2153
Place ID: 6584
A bluff forming the western end of Bertha Island on the eastern side of the entrance to William Scoresby Bay, Kemp Land. |
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