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Name Latitude Longitude Feature Type
Comrie Glacier (GBR) 65° 48' 00.0" S 64° 07' 00.0" W Glacier
Name ID: 108270 Place ID: 2883

flowing W into Bigo Bay, Graham Coast, was roughly surveyed by FAE, 1908-10 (Charcot, 1912, Pl. 3), and further surveyed by BGLE in 1935-36 (Rymill, 1938a, map facing p.400); in association with the names of pioneers of documentation grouped in this area, named after Dr Leslie John Comrie (1893-1950), Superintendent, Nautical Almanac Office, 1930-36, who contributed to modern methods of computing and who assisted BGLE by providing advance copies of the Nautical Almanac up to 1937; Founder and first Director, Scientific Computing Service Ltd, London (APC, 1955, p.7; USHO chart 6639, 1955; DOS 610 sheet W 65 64, 1959); photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57. Lednik Komri (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Glaciar Comrie (Chile. DNH chart 1502, 1962; IHA, 1974, p.81).

Comrie Glacier (USA) 65° 48' 00.0" S 64° 20' 00.0" W Glacier
Name ID: 123735 Place ID: 2883

Glacier 13 mi long, flowing W to enter the head of Bigo Bay on the W coast of Graham Land. First sighted and roughly surveyed by the FrAE in 1909. Resurveyed in 1935-36 by the BGLE, and later named for Leslie J. Comrie, founder and first Dir. of the Scientific Computing Service Ltd., London, who, as Supt. of the Nautical Almanac Office in 1934, greatly assisted the BGLE, 1934-37, by providing advance copies of the Nautical Almanac up to 1937.

Comrie, Glaciar (CHL) 65° 49' 00.0" S 64° 19' 00.0" W Glacier
Name ID: 105353 Place ID: 2883

Este glaciar fue descubierto y levantado a la ligera en 1909 por la Expedición Antártica Francesa de 1908-1910, al mando del Dr. Jean B. Charcot. Fue levantado nuevamente en 1935- 1936 por la Expedición Antártica Británica de 1934-1937, al mando de John Rymill, y se le dio más tarde el nombre por Leslie J. Comrie, fundador y primer director del Servicio de Computación Científica Ltda., Londres. Como jefe de la Oficina del Almanaque Náutico, en 1934, él ayudó bastante a la Expedición Antártica Británica de 1934-1937, proveyéndolos de copias adelantadas del Almanaque Náutico hasta 1937. Glaciar de aproximadamente 6 millas de largo, que fluye al NW hacia el rincón SE de bahía Bigo, en la costa occidental de la península Tierra de O'Higgins.

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