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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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). |
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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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