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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| Cayley Glacier (GBR) | 64° 25' 00.0" S | 60° 50' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 108124
Place ID: 2436
flowing N into Brialmont Cove, Danco Coast, was photographed from the air by FIDASE in 1956-57; in association with the names of pioneers of aviation grouped in this area, named after Sir George Cayley (1773-1857), English engineer, the "father of aeronautics", who first defined the main principles of mechanical flight, 1796-1857, and also designed the first caterpillar tractor in 1826 (APC, 1960, p.3; BA chart 3560, 7.iv.1961). Caley [sic] Glacier (BAS sheet SQ 19-20/4, 1-DOS 1974). |
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| Cayley Glacier (USA) | 64° 20' 00.0" S | 60° 58' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 123392
Place ID: 2436
Glacier flowing NW into the S side of Brialmont Cove, on the W coast of Graham Land. Photographed by the FIDASE in 1956-57 and mapped from these photos by the FIDS. Named by the UK-APC in 1960 for Sir George Cayley (1773-1857), English engineer, the "father of aeronautica," who first defined the main principles of mechanical flight, 1796-1857, and designed the first caterpillar tractor in 1826. |
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| Cayley, glaciar (ARG) | 64° 25' 00.0" S | 60° 50' 00.0" W | Glacier |
| Name ID: 100464 Place ID: 2436 | |||
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