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
Carlson Glacier (GBR) 69° 25' 00.0" S 68° 03' 00.0" W Glacier
Name ID: 108090 Place ID: 2330

flowing NE into Wordie Ice Shelf, Fallières Coast, was surveyed by BAS from "Stonington Island", 1970-73; named after Cdr Burford A. Carlson, USN, Staff Meteorologist, Naval Support Force Antarctica, ODF, 1970 and 1971 (USGS sketch map Palmer Land (North Part), 1979; APC, 1980, p.3).

Carlson Glacier (USA) 69° 25' 00.0" S 68° 03' 00.0" W Glacier
Name ID: 123312 Place ID: 2330

A glacier, 9 mi long, flowing northward from between Mount Edgell and Relay Hills into Wordie Ice Shelf, Fallieres Coast. Photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1966, and surveyed by BAS, 1970-73. Named by US-ACAN after Cdr. Burford A. Carlson, USN, Staff Meteorologist, Naval Support Force, Antarctica, Operation Deep Freeze, 1970 and 1971.

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