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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Crosswell Glacier (USA) | 78° 17' 00.0" S | 85° 24' 00.0" W | Glacier |
Name ID: 123964
Place ID: 3152
Glacier 10 mi long, flowing NNE from Mount Shinn to enter Ellen Glacier, in the central part of Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. First mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1957-59. Named by US-ACAN for Col. Horace A. Crosswell, USAF, leader of C-124 Globemaster air drops in establishing the scientific station at the South Pole in the 1956-57 season. |
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