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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Chamberlin Glacier (GBR) | 67° 34' 00.0" S | 65° 47' 00.0" W | Glacier |
Name ID: 108139
Place ID: 2486
flowing NE into Whirlwind Inlet, Bowman Coast, was seen from the air by Wilkins on 20 December 1928 and photographed from the air by USAS in 1940; surveyed from the ground by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in 1947; in association with the names of glaciologists grouped in this area, named after Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin (1843-1928), American glaciologist and first to discover conclusive evidence of successive glacial stages in the Pleistocene period; Head, Glacial Division, USGS, 1882-1907; Professor of Geology, University of Chicago, 1892-1919 (APC, 1955, p.7; DCS 601 sheet 67 64, 1955). |
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Chamberlin Glacier (USA) | 67° 34' 00.0" S | 65° 33' 00.0" W | Glacier |
Name ID: 123429
Place ID: 2486
Glacier which flows NE into Whirlwind Inlet about 4 mi SE of Matthes Glacier, on the E coast of Graham Land. Discovered by Sir Hubert Wilkins on a flight of Dec. 20, 1928, and in 1940 was photographed from the air by the USAS. Charted in 1947 by the FIDS, who named it for American glaciologist and geomorphologist Thomas C. Chamberlin, educator and professor of geology at the Universities of Wisconsin and Chicago. |
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MacDonald Spur (AUS) | 76° 46' 59.9" S | 159° 37' 59.9" E | Spur |
Name ID: 2486
Place ID: 8787
A long, low, ridge, extending eastwards from Ballance Peak in the Allan Hills. Discovered by the NZARP Allan Hills Expedition (1964). Named after I. MacDonald, field assistant with the expedition. |
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