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)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Cole Glacier (GBR) | 68° 42' 00.0" S | 66° 06' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 108256
Place ID: 2827
flowing NE into Mercator Ice Piedmont, Bowman Coast, was sighted by USAS in 1940 as one of the glaciers radiating from Traffic Circle (q.v.); sur- veyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in 1958 and 1960; in association with the names of pioneers of navigation grouped in this area, named after Humphrey Cole (c. 1530-91), English instrument maker who pioneered the design of portable navigation instruments and equipped Sir Martin Frobisher's Arctic expeditions, 1576-78 (APC, 1962, p.9; DOS 610 sheet W 68 66, 1963; USGS sketch map Palmer Land (North Part), 1979). |
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| Cole Glacier (USA) | 68° 42' 00.0" S | 66° 06' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 123684
Place ID: 2827
A glacier on the E side of Godfrey Upland, 11 mi long, flowing NNE into the Traffic Circle, in southern Graham Land. First seen by USAS in 1940, but not named. Roughly surveyed by FIDS in 1958. Named by UK-APC after Humphrey Cole (c. 1530-91), the most famous English instrument maker of Elizabethan times, who pioneered the design of portable navigation instruments and equipped Martin Frobisher's expeditions. |
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