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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Byrdbreen (NOR) | 72° 00' 00.0" S | 26° 30' 00.0" E | |
Name ID: 114960
Place ID: 2158
Large glacier in the E part of Sør-Rondane. After R. Admiral Richard E. Byrd, USN, (1888-1957) noted American explorer and leader of five expeditions to Antarctica, 1928-57. |
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Byrdbreen (RUS) | 72° 00' 00.0" S | 26° 30' 00.0" E | |
Name ID: 117343 Place ID: 2158 | |||
Byrdbreen (USA) | 71° 45' 00.0" S | 26° 00' 00.0" E | |
Name ID: 123178
Place ID: 2158
The largest glacier, about 40 mi long and 11 mi wide, flowing NW between Mount Bergersen and Balchen Mountain in the Sor Rondane Mountains. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1957 from air photos taken by USN Operation HighJump, 1946-47, and named for R. Admiral Richard E. Byrd, USN, commander of USN Operation Highjump. |
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Sperring Point (AUS) | 67° 23' 58.9" S | 59° 31' 36.8" E | Point |
Name ID: 2158
Place ID: 13804
A rocky point about midway along the western wide of William Scoresby Bay in Mac.Robertson Land. |
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