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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Childs Glacier (GBR) | 83° 24' 00.0" S | 58° 40' 00.0" W | Glacier |
Name ID: 108183
Place ID: 2623
flowing W into Foundation Ice Stream, Pensacola Mountains, was photographed from the air by USN in 1964 and surveyed from the ground on USGS Pensacola Mountains Project, 1965-66; named after John H. Childs, USN, builder, "Ellsworth Station", winter 1958 (USGS sheet SU 21-25/13, 1969; APC, 1974, p.3). Chilos [sic] Glacier (AGS, 1969-70, Pl. V). |
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Childs Glacier (USA) | 83° 24' 00.0" S | 58° 40' 00.0" W | Glacier |
Name ID: 123524
Place ID: 2623
A glacier in the Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains, draining westward from Roderick Valley to enter Foundation Ice Stream. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN for John H. Childs, builder at Ellsworth Station, winter 1958. |
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