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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| Amos Glacier (NZL) | 77° 49' 10.7" S | 163° 39' 14.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 139618
Place ID: 303
A glacier flowing southeast from Bettle Peak for approximately 7.5km to a juncture with the Blue Glacier, southeast of Hannon Hill, in Victoria Land. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MF10 |
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| Amos Glacier (USA) | 77° 49' 00.0" S | 163° 39' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 121758
Place ID: 303
A glacier, 3 mi long, flowing SE from Bettle Peak to a juncture with the Blue Glacier SE of Hannon Hill, in Victoria Land. Named in 1992 by US-ACAN after Larry Leon Amos, civil engineer, USGS; member of the USGS two man astronomic surveying team to South Pole Station and Byrd Station in the 1969-70 field season. Among other work, the team established the position of the Geographic South Pole (previously done 1956) and established a tie to the Byrd Ice Strain net which had been under study for several years. |
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