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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| Cotton Glacier (NZL) | 77° 07' 52.7" S | 161° 37' 07.5" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 113059
Place ID: 3026
An ill-defined stream of glacial ice lying at the south side of Mackay Glacier flowing to a basin and the snowfields at the south of Mackay Glacier, in Victoria Land. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MD08 |
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| Cotton Glacier (RUS) | 77° 07' 00.0" S | 161° 50' 00.0" E | Glacier |
| Name ID: 117550 Place ID: 3026 | |||
| Cotton Glacier (USA) | 77° 07' 00.0" S | 161° 40' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 123849
Place ID: 3026
A glacier about 10 mi long on the S side of Clare Range, flowing eastward between Sperm Bluff and Queer Mountain, in Victoria Land. Discovered by the Western Geological Party, led by G. Taylor, of the BrAE, 1910-13. Named by Taylor for Prof. Leo A. Cotton, of the geology department of Sydney University. Cotton had earlier been a Summer Party member of the BrAE, 1907-09. |
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