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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| Charybdis Glacier (AUS) | 70° 25' 08.8" S | 66° 55' 30.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 469
Place ID: 2558
A large glacier flowing north-east between the Porthos and Aramis Ranges in the Prince Charles Mountains. Discovered by the ANARE southern party led by William G Bewsher in December, 1956, and named after Homer''s Charybdis. |
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| Charybdis Glacier (RUS) | 70° 25' 00.0" S | 67° 30' 00.0" E | Glacier |
| Name ID: 117423 Place ID: 2558 | |||
| Charybdis Glacier (USA) | 70° 25' 00.0" S | 67° 30' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 123485
Place ID: 2558
A large glacier which drains NE between the Porthos and Aramis Ranges of the Prince Charles Mountains to the W side of Amery Ice Shelf. Discovered by ANARE southern party led by W.G. Bewsher in December 1956 and named after Homer's Charybdis because of the considerable difficulty experienced in traversing this region due to the glacier. |
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